COLLECTION NAME:
Splendore Dell' Antica Roma
Record
Title:
Leaf 60 - Arcus L. Septimii Severi Ad Radices Capitolii
Creator:
Lauro, Giacomo
Description:
The Arch of Septimius Severus. This large and well preserved arch is in the Roman Forum. It was erected in 203 AD to honor Emperor Septimus Sevrius and his sons, Geta and Caracalla. The reliefs on the arch illustrate Severus's victories over the Parthians. When Caracalla succeeded his father, he had his brother killed and erased Geta's name from the monument.
Description:
The verso of this leaf contains text in three languages with page title in Italian: Arco di Settimio Severo.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.
Subject:
Arches.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Subject:
Arch of Septimius Severus
Subject:
Severus, Lucius Septimius, Emperor of Rome, 146-211.
Publisher:
Andrea Fei, Roma, 1625
Date:
1625
Coverage:
Rome (Italy)
Coverage:
Italy
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
28.5 x 21 cm
Format/Medium:
Engravings
Source:
Splendore dell'antica Roma, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Though this item is believed to be in the Public Domain, copyright may have been retained by the authors or creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
