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OF T H E TRI UMPHAL ARCH OF T ITUS PLATE I VIEW OF T HE EAST S ID E, TOWARDS T il E COLOSSEUM T111 remains of this beautiful Arch an: foo.md on the a:rurseof the SACRED O R T R I UM PH A L. W 1\ Y, which oomrneneed :u the Cin:us M.u:imus. and extended to the C:ipitol. It had various directions under different Emperors, and especiallyundcrthcEmpcrorNcro: and llklynowbetr:Ked, first under the Arch of Constantine, :o.g;Un undu the one now tk:scribed, and also under the An;h of SeptimiusSeverus,ti\1 winding round bct·ooe.::n theTemplesof J upitcr T on:o.II'JandConcord:itled the vietoriousproc:8Sionstothe T EMPLE OF JU PITER F ERETRI US,ontheRomanGipitol. Ateachofthexplacesthcvcrystoneslhatformedthcp:werncntoftltiss;u:ndroadarevisible. llcn:,as,.·cll asat theArcllof Septimius Sevcrus, it i5oompoeed oflarg~::!lri1QOthma$$C$of lav::r.,all theacuteangle:sbeingrounded,andtheformsofthestoncsa.ssoncdtoeaehother,sou tofonn asurlaceatonc:esolidV~de;>Syoftraffic.. UndcrtheArchofConstantinc,and thcaideopeningtofthc An::h of Septimius Se\.~rus, it ""3!1 found in 1817 to be formed of L1rge flat bloek$ of white marble, ill ::n~":V:C: 011 ~teell feet lo11g, but the roadway at the Ardl of Collll:l.ntinc i5 110w pavod with the T his TR IUMP H A L ARCH was raised by the Sen.1te and Roman People in honour of T ITUS, 110, 1'.:" but as this inscriptiondOCil notalludetotheArch.ortotheconquest of judca,andwas found a t ..ocons i dcro~blea distam:e,itdOCilllOtprob:r.blybclong.orrcfcr tQ it,anymorethanthemanymcd.11swhich bcar testimony th.u Tnjan vlled the T emple of l'allas (now consideredtoltavebeelltheForumTransitorium).said toha•·e b«n erected by him. llo.,·ever, from thecx~~ion"Divo"intheinscription,andthe:aJ>theosisoftheEmpo::ror,rcprescntedinthe50ffi t o f theArdl.wemay(f.lthcrthatitwasapo:sthumoustributc. The extcriM ii composed of massh"e bk>cksof white Parosln:lrble,mostv:quisitelywori:ed:~nd oonstructcd;thebcd5andendsarelinclypolisbed,;mdsowelllittcd,th.atinm.3nypl:u:esthejoinllare scareely pe!'IX'ptible; ;and, though the earliest instance remaining of a Rornan T riutn]>hal Areh, and roruistingofbu t :~_.jngleO!>Cning.stillitisoneofthcmostbe:autifulmonumentsoft~tdescriptiontha t time.orthedestructive~ndofman,havesp:ue:k ------ -
OF THE TRIUMPHAL ARCH OF TITUS PLATE II. APTHMadmiringtheeastern fareof thisedifire,and passing through iUI clabomtelydccor.~tedarchw:J.y, we mturnllyturn to view the pn:sc:nt state of the other side, toward the Forum. Here we have to lamentst.illgreaterdest.ruct.ionthanwehaveb
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Page 8 and 9: ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES ROME O N
Page 10: ADVERTISEMENT. T ''~f.:WR~I~:,:·:t
Page 14 and 15: CON T EN T S OF PART l. OR IG INAl.
Page 16 and 17: INTRODUCTION AND EXPLANATION OF THE
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Page 31 and 32: PLATE VII. DETAILS OF TilE VARIOUS
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Page 45 and 46: OF THE ARCH OF CONSTANTINE. PLATE X
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