Arch of Titus

The model for many of the triumphal arches built since the Renaissance, the Arch of Titus is made of Pentelic marble and has a single arch. It stands at 15.m high and 13.5m wide and straddles the Via Sacra to the south-east of the forum. The panels on the arch display scenes commemorating the victory of Titus and his father Vespasian over the jews. It is the only monument in Rome to show artifacts from the temple in Jerusalem.

The arch was turned into a fortified tower by the Frangipani family in the 14th century.

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