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This is a list of Roman triumphal arches. Triumphal arches were constructed across the Roman Empire and are an archetypal example of Roman architecture. Most surviving Roman arches date from the Imperial period (1st century BC onwards). They were preceded by honorific arches set up under the Roman Republic.
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Triumphal arches have continued to be built into the modern era, often as statements of power and self-aggrandizement by dictators. Adolf Hitler planned to build the world's largest triumphal arch in Berlin. The arch would have been vastly larger than any previously built, standing 550 feet (170 m) wide, 92 feet (28 m) deep and 392 feet (119 m ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Arcus Pietatis) was an ancient Roman triumphal arch to the north of the Pantheon on the Campus Martius in Rome.
The monumental Mars Gate dates from the first part of the 3rd century and is the only remaining of four gates that gave access to the Gallo-Roman town known as Durocortorum. [4] The arch stands 32 metres long and 13 metres high, with three wide arched openings. It was named after a nearby temple to Mars. The arch has many highly detailed ...
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Triumphal arches in the Roman Forum (4 P) Pages in category "Ancient Roman triumphal arches in Rome" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
The Arch of Fabius (Latin: Fornix Fabianus) was an ancient Roman arch located at the eastern end of the Roman Forum. Built in 121 BCE by Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus to celebrate his victory over the Allobroges , it was the first triumphal arch built within or adjacent to the forum. [ 1 ]