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Coordinates: 41.892758° N 12.484744° E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
 The Arch of Septimius Severus before the excavation of the Roman Forum, painted by Canaletto in 1742 (Royal Collection, UK)
 Lateral arched opening between the main arch and a side archway
 The Arch of Septimius Severus in 2005 The white marble Arch of Septimius Severus at the northeast end of the Roman Forum is a triumphal arch erected in 204 C.E. to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla and Geta, in the two campaigns against the Parthians of 195 and 203. Download high resolution version (487x873, 36 KB)The Arch of Septimius Severus, Roman Forum, by Canaletto, 1742 (Royal Collection, UK). ...
Download high resolution version (487x873, 36 KB)The Arch of Septimius Severus, Roman Forum, by Canaletto, 1742 (Royal Collection, UK). ...
The Stonemasons Yard, painted 1726-30. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1498x1293, 1321 KB) Roma, Arco di Settimio Severo, arco di passaggio tra il fornice centrale e uno dei fornici laterali. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1498x1293, 1321 KB) Roma, Arco di Settimio Severo, arco di passaggio tra il fornice centrale e uno dei fornici laterali. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1063x797, 397 KB) Rome, Arch of Septimius Severus, by Alexander Z., 2005-01-09 File links The following pages link to this file: Arch of Septimius Severus ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1063x797, 397 KB) Rome, Arch of Septimius Severus, by Alexander Z., 2005-01-09 File links The following pages link to this file: Arch of Septimius Severus ...
This page refers to the main forum in the centre of Rome. ...
Arc de Triomphe, Paris A triumphal arch is a structure in the shape of a monumental archway, usually built to celebrate a victory in war. ...
Events Births Philip the Arab, Roman Emperor (approximate date) Deaths Categories: 204 ...
Lucius Septimius Severus (b. ...
Caracalla Caracalla (April 4, 186–April 8, 217) was emperor of the Roman Empire from AD 211–217. ...
Publius Septimius Geta Publius Septimius Geta (March 7, 189–December 211), was a Roman Emperor co-ruling with his father Septimius Severus and his older brother Caracalla from 209 to his death. ...
Reproduction of a Parthian warrior as depicted on Trajans Column The Parthian Empire was the dominating force on the Iranian plateau beginning in the late 3rd century BCE, and intermittently controlled Mesopotamia between ca 190 BCE and 224 CE. Origins Bust of Parthian soldier, Esgh-abad Museum, Turkmenia. ...
Events Roman Emperor Septimius Severus had the Senate deify Commodus while trying to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. ...
Events Roman Emperor Septimius Severus rebuilds Byzantium. ...
After the death of Septimius Severus, his sons Caracalla and Geta were initially joint emperors. Caracalla had Geta assassinated in 212; Geta's memorials were destroyed and all images or mentions of him were removed from public buildings and monuments. Accordingly Geta's image and inscriptions referring to him were removed from the arch.
Architecture
The arch was raised on a travertine base originally approached by steps from the Forum's ancient level. The central archway, spanned by a richly coffered semicircular vault, has lateral openings to each side archway, a feature copied in many Early Modern triumphal arches. Travertine A carving in travertine The rock travertine is a natural chemical precipitate of carbonate minerals; typically aragonite, but often recrystallized to or primary calcite; which is deposited from the water of mineral springs (especially hot springs) or streams saturated with calcium carbonate. ...
Coffering on the ceiling of the Pantheon, Rome In architecture, a coffer is (plural: coffering) is a sunken panel in the shape of a square or octagon that serves as a decorative device, usually in a ceiling. ...
In architecture, a vault is an arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. ...
The three archways rest on piers, in front of which are detached composite columns on pedestals. Winged Victories are carved in relief in the spandrels. A staircase in the south pier leads to the top of the monument, on which were statues of the emperor and his two sons in a four-horse chariot (quadriga), accompanied by soldiers. In architecture, a pier is an upright support for a superstructure, such as an arch or bridge. ...
A capital of the Composite order The composite order is a mixed order, combining the volutes of the Ionic order with the leaves of the Corinthian order. ...
For the WWII naval operation, see Operation Pedestal Pedestal (from French piedestal, Italian piedestallo, foot of a stall) is a term generally applied to a support, square, octagonal or circular on plan, provided to carry a statue or a vase. ...
A spandrel is originally a term from Architecture, but has more recently been given an analogous meaning in Evolutionary biology. ...
Stairs, staircase, stairway, flight of stairs are all names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. ...
A quadriga (from the Latin language quadri-, four, and jungere, to yoke) is a four-horse chariot, raced in the Olympic Games and other sacred games, and represented in profile as the usual chariot of gods and heroes on Greek vases and bas-reliefs. ...
History The Arch stands close to the foot of the Capitoline Hill. A flight of steps originally led to the central opening, as one still does to the Arch of Trajan at Ancona. By the 4th century erosion had raised the level of the Forum so much that a roadway was put through the Arch for the first time. So much debris and silt eroded from the surrounding hills that the arch was embedded to the base of the columns. The damage wrought by wheeled medieval and early modern traffic can still be seen on the column bases, above the bas-reliefs of the socles. Piazza del Campidoglio, on the top of Capitoline Hill, with the façade of Palazzo Senatorio. ...
Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of central Italy, population 101,909 (2005). ...
During the Middle Ages repeated flooding of the low-lying Forum washed in so much additional sediment and debris that when Canaletto painted it in 1742, only the upper half of the Arch showed above ground. The well-preserved condition of the arch owes a good deal to its having been incorporated into the structure of a Christian church. When the church was refounded elsewhere, the arch remained ecclesiastical property and was not demolished for other construction.
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