Tempio detto di Giano A. Arco detto degl'Argentieri . . ., 1771, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Rome), Italian, 1720–1778, 18 11/16 x 27 15/16 in. ( x cm) (plate)21 7/8 x 31 5/8 in. ( x cm) (sheet), Etching, Italy, 18th century, Janus was the Roman god of gates, beginnings, and transitions. This four-way arch was built to honor him around the year 400 CE. The site may have been selected to commemorate the beginning of Rome, for this is the spot where the she-wolf Lupa rescued the mythical infants Romulus and Remus

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