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Arch of Titus - wikipedia Arch of Titus This article is about the main arch of Titus on the Via Sacra . For the one by the Circus Maximus , see Arch of Titus ( Circus Maximus ) . Coordinates : 41 ° 53 ′ 27 '' N 12 ° 29 ′ 19 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 41.890717 ° N 12.488585 ° E ﻿ / 41.890717 ; 12.488585 <Th_colspan="2"> Arch of Titus <Td_colspan="2"> The Arch of Titus , showing the `` Spoils of Jerusalem '' relief on the inside arch Location X Palatium Built in c . AD 82 Built by / for Emperor Domitian Type of structure honorific arch Related Titus , Roman triumph , First Jewish -- Roman War <Td_colspan="2"> Arch of Titus 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 . AD 82 by the Emperor Domitian shortly after the death of his older brother Titus to commemorate Titus 's victories , including the Siege of Jerusalem ( AD 70 ) . The arch has provided the general model for many triumphal arches erected since the 16th century -- perhaps most famously it is the inspiration for the Arc de Triomphe in Paris , France . Contents ( hide ) 1 History 2 Description 3 Inscription 4 Significance 5 Architectural influence 6 Gallery 7 See also 8 Sources 9 References 10 External links History ( edit ) Front view of the Arch of Titus Based on the style of sculptural details , Domitian 's favored architect Rabirius , sometimes credited with the Colosseum , may have executed the arch . Without contemporary documentation , however , attributions of Roman buildings on basis of style are considered shaky . The medieval Latin travel guide Mirabilia Urbis Romae noted the monument , writing : `` the arch of the Seven Lamps of Titus and Vespasian ; ( where is Moses his candlestick having seven branches , with the Ark , at the foot of the Cartulary Tower '' ) The Frangipani family turned it into a fortified tower in the Middle Ages . It was one of the first buildings sustaining a modern restoration , starting with Raffaele Stern in 1817 and continued by Valadier under Pius VII in 1821 , with new capitals and with travertine masonry , distinguishable from the original . The restoration was a model for the country side of Porta Pia . Description ( edit ) The arch is large with both fluted and unfluted columns , the latter being a result of 19th century restoration . The spandrels on the upper left and right of the arch contain personifications of victory as winged women . Between the spandrels is the keystone , on which there stands a female on the East side and a male on the West side . Detail of the central soffit coffers The soffit of the axial archway is deeply coffered with a relief of the apotheosis of Titus at the center . The sculptural program also includes two panel reliefs lining the passageway within the arch . Both commemorate the joint triumph celebrated by Titus and his father Vespasian in the summer of 71 . The south panel depicts the spoils taken from the Temple in Jerusalem . The golden candelabrum or Menorah is the main focus and is carved in deep relief . Other sacred objects being carried in the triumphal procession are the Gold Trumpets , the fire pans for removing the ashes from the altar , and the Table of Shew bread . These spoils were likely originally colored gold , with the background in blue . In 2012 the Arch of Titus Digital Restoration Project discovered remains of yellow ochre paint on the menorah relief . The north panel depicts Titus as triumphator attended by various genii and lictors , who carry fasces . A helmeted Amazonian , Valour , leads the quadriga or four horsed chariot , which carries Titus . Winged Victory crowns him with a laurel wreath . The juxtaposition is significant in that it is one of the first examples of divinities and humans being present in one scene together . This contrasts with the panels of the Ara Pacis , where humans and divinities are separated . The sculpture of the outer faces of the two great piers was lost when the Arch of Titus was incorporated in medieval defensive walls . The attic of the arch was originally crowned by more statuary , perhaps of a gilded chariot . The main inscription used to be ornamented by letters made of perhaps silver , gold or some other metal . The Arch of Titus measures : 15.4 meters ( 50 ft ) in height , 13.5 meters ( 44 ft ) in width , 4.75 meters ( 15.5 ft ) in depth . The inner archway is 8.3 ( 27 ft ) meters in height , and 5.36 ( 17.5 ft ) in width . Inscription ( edit ) The inscription The inscription in Roman square capitals reads : SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS DIVO TITO DIVI VESPASIANI F ( ILIO ) VESPASIANO AVGVSTO ( Senatus Populusque Romanus divo Tito divi Vespasiani filio Vespasiano Augusto ) which means `` The Roman Senate and People ( dedicate this ) to the divine Titus Vespasianus Augustus , son of the divine Vespasian . '' The opposite side of the Arch of Titus received new inscriptions after it was restored during the pontificate of Pope Pius VII by Giuseppe Valadier in 1821 . The restoration was intentionally made in travertine to differentiate between the original and the restored portions . The inscription reads : INSIGNE RELIGIONIS ATQVE ARTIS MONVMENTVM VETVSTATE FATISCENS PIVS SEPTIMVS PONTIFEX MAX ( IMVS ) NOVIS OPERIBVS PRISCVM EXEMPLAR IMITANTIBVS FVLCIRI SERVARIQVE IVSSIT ANNO SACRI PRINCIPATVS EIVS XXIIII ( Insigne religionis atque artis , monumentum , vetustate fatiscens : Pius Septimus , Pontifex Maximus , novis operibus priscum exemplar imitantibus fulciri servarique iussit . Anno sacri principatus eius XXIV ) ( This ) monument , remarkable in terms of both religion and art , had weakened from age : Pius the Seventh , Supreme Pontiff , by new works on the model of the ancient exemplar ordered it reinforced and preserved . In the 24th year of his sacred rulership . Significance ( edit ) Close up of relief showing spoils from the Siege of Jerusalem Close up 2 The Arch provides one of the few contemporary depictions of Temple period artifacts . The seven - branched menorah and trumpets are clearly depicted . It became a symbol of the Jewish diaspora . In a later era , Pope Paul IV made it the place of a yearly oath of submission . According to Morton Satin , until the modern State of Israel was founded in 1948 , Jews refused to walk under it due to an ancient ban placed on the monument by Rome 's Jewish authorities . The ban was formally lifted in 1997 . The arch was never mentioned in rabbinical sources . The menorah depicted on the Arch served as the model for the menorah used on the emblem of the state of Israel . Architectural influence ( edit ) Works modeled on , or inspired by , the Arch of Titus include : Facade of the Basilica di Sant'Andrea di Mantova ( 1462 ) by Leon Battista Alberti The Arc de Triomphe , Paris , France ( 1806 ) The National Memorial Arch , Valley Forge National Historical Park , Pennsylvania ( 1910 ) The Soldiers ' and Sailors ' Arch , Brooklyn ( 1892 ) The Washington Square Arch , Manhattan ( 1892 ) The India Gate , New Delhi , India ( 1931 ) The Fusiliers ' Arch , Dublin ( 1907 ) Gallery ( edit ) The Arch in Art c. 1740 by Giovanni Paolo Panini 1744 by Canaletto 1748 - 74 by Giovanni Battista Piranesi 1839 by Constantin Hansen See also ( edit ) External video <Td_colspan="2"> Smarthistory - Arch of Titus First Jewish - Roman War Judaea Capta coinage List of artifacts significant to the Bible Menorah ( Temple ) Showbread Titus Roman triumph Triumphal arch List of Roman triumphal arches Ancient Roman architecture Emblem of Israel Arch of Titus ( painting ) Sources ( edit ) R. Ross Holloway . `` Some Remarks on the Arch of Titus , '' L'antiquité classique 56 ( 1987 ) pp. 183 -- 191 . M. Pfanner . Der Titusbogen . Mainz : P. von Zabern , 1983 . L. Roman . `` Martial and the City of Rome . '' The Journal of Roman Studies 100 ( 2010 ) pp. 1 -- 30 . Jewish Telegraph agency . References ( edit ) Jump up ^ It was not a triumphal arch ; Titus 's triumphal arch was in the Circus Maximus . Jump up ^ `` The Arch of Titus '' . exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu . Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 06 . Jump up ^ Diana Rowell ( 23 August 2012 ) . Paris : The ' New Rome ' of Napoleon I. Bloomsbury Publishing . pp. 43 -- . ISBN 978 - 1 - 4411 - 2883 - 6 . Jump up ^ In English ( 1 ) ; In Latin : `` Arcus septem lucernarum Titi et Vespasiani , ubi est candelabrum Moysi cum arca habens septem brachia in piede turris cartulariae '' , Mirabilia Urbis Romae , page 4 Jump up ^ For a review of historical references to the Arch of Titus , see : Élisabeth Chevallier , Raymond Chevallier , Iter Italicum : les voyageurs français à la découverte de l'Italie ancienne , Les Belles Lettres , 1984 , ISBN 9782251333106 , pages 274 - 91 ^ Jump up to : A Let 's Go City Guide : Rome , p. 76 , Vedran Lekić , 2004 ; ISBN 1 - 4050 - 3329 - 0 . Jump up ^ The Buildings of Europe : Rome , page 33 , Christopher Woodward , 1995 ; ISBN 0 - 7190 - 4032 - 9 . ^ Jump up to : Artus , Paul ( 2006 ) . Art and Architecture of the Roman Empire . Bellona Books . pp. 45 -- 48 . ISBN 978 - 0 - 9582693 - 1 - 5 . Jump up ^ Ermengem , Kristiaan Van . `` Arch of Titus , Rome '' . A View On Cities . Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 06 . Jump up ^ `` Center for Israel Studies Yeshiva University '' . Yu.edu . Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 05 . Jump up ^ `` Arch of Titus , Rome - Building Info '' . Aviewoncities.com . Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 05 . Jump up ^ CIL 6.945 Jump up ^ Shragai , Nadav ( 2006 - 10 - 19 ) . `` First Temple artifacts found in dirt removed from Temple Mount '' . Haaretz.com . Retrieved 2013 - 08 - 31 . Jump up ^ Bromiley , Geoffrey W , `` The international standard Bible encyclopedia '' , volume 4 , pg. 98 `` Usually associated with the báma are the cult objects known as massébá and séra '' . Jump up ^ Satin , Morton ( 2013 - 12 - 01 ) . `` One Man 's Campaign Against the Arch of Titus -- and How It Changed Italy 's Jews '' . forward.com . Retrieved 2014 - 07 - 30 . According to an ancient ban placed on the monument by Rome 's Jewish authorities , once a Jewish person walks under the arch , he or she can no longer be considered a Jew . Jump up ^ Steven D Fraade , The Temple as a Marker of Jewish Identity Before and After 70 CE The Role of the Holy Vessels in Rabbinic Memory and Imagination , p. 246 , `` the Arch of Titus is never mentioned in rabbinic sources ... there are several references to second - century rabbinic viewings of captured Temple objects in Rome '' Jump up ^ Mishory , Alec . `` Israel National Symbols : The State Emblem '' . Jewish Virtual Library . Retrieved 2014 - 07 - 30 . Jump up ^ `` Arch of Titus '' . Smarthistory at Khan Academy . Retrieved December 19 , 2012 . Jump up ^ `` You searched for `` arch of titus '' - Jewish Telegraphic Agency `` . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . External links ( edit ) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arch of Titus . 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