Roman arch- a round arch drawn from a single center semicircular arch round arch- an arch formed in a continuous curve; characteristic of Roman architecture Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. ...
...It's time for a playable Rome themed set!The triumphal arch of Constantine.The triumphal arch you see above was built in 315 AD in honor of the ...
What did it mean when the axle broke under Julius Caesar's chariot? Or when Pompey's elephants got stuck trying to squeeze through an arch? Or when exotic or pathetic prisoners stole the general's show? And what are the implications of the Roman triumph, as a celebration of imperialism ...
The victorious troops in Palestine urged Titus to take them with him to Italy; it was suspected that they acted on his prompting and that he was considering some sort of challenge to his father. But eventually he returned alone in summer 71, triumphed jointly with Vespasian, and was made ...
(populus Romanus) and gods. Most were held annually or at annual intervals on the Roman calendar. Others might be given to fulfill a religious vow, such as the games in celebration of a triumph. The earliest known triumphal ludi at the Circus were vowed by Tarquin the Proud to Jupiter in...
and plundered the Holy of Holies. That desecration is celebrated in relief on the Arch of Titus, near the Coliseum. Nor do I ignore how bloody army discipline could be. If a company of men had shown unseemly cowardice, their commander could order them to be “decimated.” The soldiers st...
Senior officials of the Roman Republic derived their insignia from the Etruscans: curule chair, purple-bordered toga (toga praetexta), and bundle of rods (fasces). Gladiatorial combats and the military triumph (see below) were other customs adopted from the Etruscans. Rome lay 12 miles inland ...
At the Colosseum end of the Forum, theArch of Tituscommemorates the Emperor after his death and recalls in its reliefs, the triumph Titus led as general in 70 A.D. over the city of Jerusalem. The Via Sacra (the Holy Way) was the most important of all of the Roman roads, leading fro...
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Domitian (a possible fratricide) commissioned an Arch of Titus, honoring the deified Titus and commemorating the Flavians' sack of Jerusalem. Trivia Titus was emperor at the time of the famous eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. On the occasion of this disaster and others, Titus helped th...