The lesser-known Arch of Titus was a triple bay
arch erected at the eastern end of the
Circus Maximus by the Senate in A.D. 81, in honour of
Titus and his capture of
Jerusalem in the
First Jewish–Roman War.[1][2] Few traces remain. The inscription (
CIL 19151=ILS 264), quoted by an 8th-century Swiss monk known only as the "
Einsiedeln Anonymous", makes it clear that this was Titus'
triumphal arch. Sculptural fragments of a military frieze have been attributed to the arch.[3]
Architectural and epigraphic fragments of the now lost arch were rediscovered during excavations in 2015.[4][5]
Further reading
Steinby, Eva Margareta (ed.), Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae, Rome, vol. 1 (1993), p. 108, 274. fig 159
Die Einsiedler Inschriftensammlung und der Pilgerführer durch Rom (Codex Einsidlensis 326), ed. G. Walser, Stuttgart 1987, p. 87 no. 29
M. Canciani, C. Falcolini, M. Buonfiglio, S. Pergola, M. Saccone, B. Mammì, G. Romito, Virtual Anastylosis of the Arch of Titus at Circus Maximus in Rome. International Journal of Heritage in the Digital Era 3(2), 2014, pp. 393–412