Ancient Rome buildings, detail, close-up of coffered Arch of Titus reliefs, apotheosis of Titus relief, Via Sacra, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy.

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Detail, close-up of coffered Arch of Titus reliefs, apotheosis of Titus relief, Via Sacra, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy. The Arch of Titus (Italian: Arco di Tito; Latin: Arcus Titi) is a 1st-century AD honorific arch, located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum. It was constructed in c. 81 AD by the Emperor Domitian shortly after the death of his older brother Titus to commemorate Titus's official deification or consecratio and the victory of Titus together with their father, Vespasian, over the Jewish rebellion in Judaea. The arch contains panels depicting the triumphal procession celebrated in 71 AD after the Roman victory culminating in the fall of Jerusalem, and provides one of the few contemporary depictions of artifacts of Herod's Temple. It became a symbol of the Jewish diaspora, and the menorah depicted on the arch served as the model for the menorah used as the emblem of the state of Israel.

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Size: 5578px × 3719px
Location: Arch of Titus, Via Sacra, Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy
Photo credit: © Rubens Alarcon / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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