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OF T H E TRI UMPHAL ARCH OF T ITUS<br />
PLATE I<br />
VIEW OF T HE EAST S ID E, TOWARDS T il E COLOSSEUM<br />
T111 remains <strong>of</strong> this beautiful Arch an: foo.md on the a:rurse<strong>of</strong> the SACRED O R T R I UM PH A L.<br />
W 1\ Y, which oomrneneed :u the Cin:us M.u:imus. and extended to the C:ipitol. It had various<br />
directions under different Emperors, and especiallyundcrthcEmpcrorNcro: and llklynowbetr:Ked,<br />
first under the Arch <strong>of</strong> Constantine, :o.g;Un undu the one now tk:scribed, and also under the An;h <strong>of</strong><br />
SeptimiusSeverus,ti\1 winding round bct·ooe.::n theTemples<strong>of</strong> J upitcr T on:o.II'JandConcord:itled the<br />
vietoriousproc:8Sionstothe T EMPLE OF JU PITER F ERETRI US,ontheRomanGipitol.<br />
Ateach<strong>of</strong>thexplacesthcvcrystoneslhatformedthcp:werncnt<strong>of</strong>tltiss;u:ndroadarevisible.<br />
llcn:,as,.·cll asat theArcll<strong>of</strong> Septimius Sevcrus, it i5oompoeed <strong>of</strong>larg~::!lri1QOthma$$C$<strong>of</strong><br />
lav::r.,all theacuteangle:sbeingrounded,andtheforms<strong>of</strong>thestoncsa.ssoncdtoeaehother,sou t<strong>of</strong>onn<br />
asurlaceatonc:esolidV~de;>Sy<strong>of</strong>traffic.. UndcrtheArch<strong>of</strong>Constantinc,and thcaideopeningt<strong>of</strong>thc<br />
An::h <strong>of</strong> Septimius Se\.~rus, it ""3!1 found in 1817 to be formed <strong>of</strong> L1rge flat bloek$ <strong>of</strong> white marble, ill<br />
::n~":V:C:<br />
011 ~teell<br />
feet lo11g, but the roadway at the Ardl <strong>of</strong> Collll:l.ntinc i5 110w pavod with the<br />
T his TR IUMP H A L ARCH was raised by the Sen.1te and Roman People in honour <strong>of</strong> T ITUS,<br />
110, 1'.:" but as this<br />
inscriptiondOCil notalludetotheArch.ortotheconquest <strong>of</strong> judca,andwas found a t ..ocons i dcro~blea<br />
distam:e,itdOCilllOtprob:r.blybclong.orrcfcr tQ it,anymorethanthemanymcd.11swhich bcar testimony<br />
th.u Tnjan vlled the T emple <strong>of</strong> l'allas (now<br />
consideredtoltavebeelltheForumTransitorium).said toha•·e b«n erected by him. llo.,·ever, from<br />
thecx~~ion"Divo"intheinscription,andthe:aJ>theosis<strong>of</strong>theEmpo::ror,rcprescntedinthe50ffi t o f<br />
theArdl.wemay(f.lthcrthatitwasapo:sthumoustributc.<br />
<strong>The</strong> extcriM ii composed <strong>of</strong> massh"e bk>cks<strong>of</strong> white Parosln:lrble,mostv:quisitelywori:ed:~nd<br />
oonstructcd;thebcd5andendsarelinclypolisbed,;mdsowelllittcd,th.atinm.3nypl:u:esthejoinllare<br />
scareely pe!'IX'ptible; ;and, though the earliest instance remaining <strong>of</strong> a Rornan T riutn]>hal Areh, and<br />
roruisting<strong>of</strong>bu t<br />
:~_.jngleO!>Cning.stillitisone<strong>of</strong>thcmostbe:autifulmonuments<strong>of</strong>t~tdescriptiontha t<br />
time.orthedestructive~nd<strong>of</strong>man,havesp:ue:k<br />
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