This article is about the main arch of Titus on the Via Sacra. For the one by the Circus Maximus, see Arch of Titus (Circus Maximus).
During the Middle Ages, the archway was part of the Frangipani stronghold. A chamber was built in the upper half, and the roadway was lowered to expose the travertine foundations. Valadier repaired the attic and outer half of both piers in travertine after the structure was severely damaged in 1822.
Arch of Titus
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The Arch of Titus, showing the "Spoils of Jerusalem" relief on the inside arch|270px]]
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Location
Regio X Palatium
Coordinates
41°53′26.5812″N12°29′18.906″E / 41.890717000°N 12.48858500°E / 41.890717000; 12.48858500
Map dot label: Arch of Titus
Type
honorific arch
History
Builder
Emperor Domitian
Founded
c. 81 A.D 2104–2105 years ago
Reliable source
The Arch of Titus (Italian: Arco di Tito; Latin: Arcus Titi) is a 1st-century AD honorific arch,[1] located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum. It was constructed in c. AD 81 by Emperor Domitian shortly after the death of his older brother Titus to commemorate Titus's official deification or consecratio and the victory of Titus together with their father, Vespasian, over the Jewish rebellion in Judaea.[2]
The arch contains panels depicting the triumphal procession celebrated in AD 71 after the Roman victory culminating in the fall of Jerusalem,[2] and provides one of the few contemporary depictions of artifacts from Herod's Temple.[3] Although the panels are not explicitly stated as illustrating this event, they closely parallel the narrative of the Roman procession described a decade prior in Josephus' The Jewish War.[4][5]
It became a symbol of the Jewish diaspora, and the menorah depicted on the arch served as the model for the menorah used as the emblem of the State of Israel.[6]
The arch has provided the general model for many triumphal arches erected since the 16th century. It is the inspiration for the Arc de Triomphe in Paris]].[7] It holds an important place in art history, being the focus of Franz Wickhoff's appreciation of Roman art in contrast to the then-prevailing view.[8]
^It was not a triumphal arch; Titus's triumphal arch was in the Circus Maximus.
^ ab"The Arch of Titus". exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
^The Menorah: From the Bible to Modern Israel, Steven Fine, 2016
^Rocca, Samuele (2021-06-14). "Flavius Josephus and the Arch of Titus: Commemorating the Jewish War in Word and Stone". The Arch of Titus. BRILL. pp. 43–54. doi:10.1163/9789004447790_006. ISBN 9789004447790. S2CID 240655021.
^DesRosiers, Nathaniel (2019-09-01). "Another Temple, Another Vessel: Josephus, the Arch of Titus, and Roman Triumphal Propaganda". Near Eastern Archaeology. 82 (3). University of Chicago Press: 140–147. doi:10.1086/704960. ISSN 1094-2076. S2CID 204473434.
^Mishory, Alec. "Israel National Symbols: The State Emblem". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
^Diana Rowell (23 August 2012). Paris: The 'New Rome' of Napoleon I. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 43–. ISBN 978-1-4411-2883-6.
^Holloway, R. Ross. “SOME REMARKS ON THE ARCH OF TITUS.” L’Antiquité Classique, vol. 56, 1987, pp. 185. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41656878. Accessed December 31, 2022.
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