- The Arch of Titus (Italian: Arco di Tito; Latin: Arcus Tītī) is a 1st-century AD honorific arch, located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum.
- The interior vault is coffered with a central representation of the deified Titus (apotheosis) being carried to the heavens by an eagle. Originally, the whole arch was...
- The Arch of Titus is located in Summa Sacra Via, the highest point of the Sacra Via, Rome’s “Sacred Way” that served as its main processional street.
- The arch was built following the death of Roman Emperor Titus in 81D. Titus was emperor for only two short years but was a very much-loved ruler.
- The Arch of Titus was extensively restored during the pontificate period of Pope Pius VII.
- The Arch of Titus was erected to celebrate Titus’s conquest of the Jewish Revolt and the subsequent destruction of Jerusalem in A.D 70.
- ‘Rome, the Arch of Titus’ was created by Franz Kaisermann in Neoclassicism style.
- Less well-known, though, is the fascinating link between the arch and the Bible —the Arch of Titus bears silent witness to the remarkable accuracy of Bible prophecy.
- Following the death of Emperor Titus in AD 81, Domitian raised this arch to honor Titus and Vespasian for their victories in the Judean War, namely the conquest...
- The arch was built in 82 AD by Emperor Domitian as a tribute to his older brother, Emperor Titus, after his death.
- After being reconstructed by Giuseppe Valadier during the papacy of Pope Pius VII in 1821, the other wall of the Arch of Titus received another inscription.
- The frieze of the entablature running around the arch depicts a triumphal procession. In the center of the coffered ceiling is a depiction of the apotheosis of Titus...
- This shows how the arch is not only a memento to Emperor Titus, but also a political and religious statement.
