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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.
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 ...
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 ]
Ancient Roman triumphal arches (1 C, 24 P) Pages in category "Triumphal arches" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
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 triumphal arch was built in the 4th century AD to celebrate the victory of Constantine - the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity - over his rival, Maxentius. Ancient Roman Arch of ...
Ancient Roman triumphal arches in Italy (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Ancient Roman triumphal arches" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
The arch was destroyed in 1491 by order of Pope Innocent VIII during reconstruction of Santa Maria in Via Lata. [ 1 ] Fragments of the reliefs were discovered in 1523 and added to the Della Valle collection before being acquired by Cardinal Ferdinand de' Medici in 1584, from where the plinths found their way to the Boboli Gardens in Florence.