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    Built at the bottom of the Palatine Hill, the Titus Arch is 50 feet tall and made of different types of marble. It was originally built and inscribed to honor Titus and his victory over Jews in Jerusalem, depicting treasures taken from the Jewish Temple. Though its designer is unknown, it is thought to have been Rabirius, Domitian's favorite architect. The Arch of Titus served as a model for many later triumphal arches, including the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. It underwent restoration in the 19th century to preserve the original structure and carvings.

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    Built at the bottom of the Palatine Hill, the Titus Arch is 50 feet tall and made of different types of marble. It was originally built and inscribed to honor Titus and his victory over Jews in Jerusalem, depicting treasures taken from the Jewish Temple. Though its designer is unknown, it is thought to have been Rabirius, Domitian's favorite architect. The Arch of Titus served as a model for many later triumphal arches, including the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. It underwent restoration in the 19th century to preserve the original structure and carvings.

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    Built at the bottom of the Palatine Hill, the Titus Arch is 50 feet tall and made of different types of marble. It was originally built and inscribed to honor Titus and his victory over Jews in Jerusalem, depicting treasures taken from the Jewish Temple. Though its designer is unknown, it is thought to have been Rabirius, Domitian's favorite architect. The Arch of Titus served as a model for many later triumphal arches, including the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. It underwent restoration in the 19th century to preserve the original structure and carvings.

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    Arch of Titus

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    Built at the bottom of the Palatine Hill, the Titus Arch is 50 feet tall and made of different types of marble. It was originally built and inscribed to honor Titus and his victory over Jews in Jerusalem, depicting treasures taken from the Jewish Temple. Though its designer is unknown, it is thought to have been Rabirius, Domitian's favorite architect. The Arch of Titus served as a model for many later triumphal arches, including the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. It underwent restoration in the 19th century to preserve the original structure and carvings.

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    Built at the bottom of the Palatine Hill, and standing at 50ft tall, the Titus Arch is made from

    different
    types of marble. It is inscribed with dedications to Titus, and then updated with notes about a later
    refurbishment. On the arch, marble carvings of the treasures from the war in Jerusalem are depicted.
    Nobody really knows who designed the Arch. However, it is thought that Domitian’s favourite
    Architect Rabirius was the orchestrator
    HISTORY
    Titus had fought several campaigns under his father, Emperor Vespasian, although being Emperor for
    only two years. The Arch of Titus honors his deification as well as his victory over the Jews during the
    Jewish War, which lasted from 66 AD to 73 AD. The triumphal procession celebrated after the Romans
    seized and destroyed Jerusalem's city and Temple is shown in the panels that adorn the arch. As a
    result, the arch had significance beyond the Roman era. There are three reliefs on the arch, each
    depicting a different scene. It is thought originally some of the designs were painted in a yellow ochre.
    Despite the fact that it was built to commemorate the defeat of the Jews, the monument became a
    symbol of the Jewish dispersion. it’s often called a triumphal arch because of the high relief depictions
    of Roman soldiers carrying the treasures of the Second Temple — the seven-branched Menorah, the
    silver trumpets, the Table of the Shew Bread — in Titus’ triumphal procession of 71 A.D. the menorah
    depicted on the arch served as a model for the state of Israel's logo. The Arch of Titus also served as a
    model for many arches constructed after the 16th century, the most renowned of which is the Arc de
    Triomphe in Paris. The royal Frangipani dynasty built another level to the vault and converted the arch
    into a defensive tower during the Middle Ages. During Pope Paul IV's pontificate, the Arch of Titus
    was designated as a site for taking the oath of submission (between 1555 and 1559). the Arc de
    Triomphe is not the only arch modelled on an Arch of Titus drawing. India Gate in New Delhi and
    Patuxai Victory Gate in Laos too contain design elements from the Arco di Tito
    the treasures that are showing being looted in Jerusalem – including the candelabra – were never found.
    Rumor has it they ended up at the bottom of the Tigris.
    The central panel in the single arch’s soffit relief depicts Titus being carried to the heavens by an eagle.
    The inscription also emphasizes the recently deceased emperor’s divinity: “SENATUS/
    POPULUSQUE ROMANUS/ DIVO TITO DIVI VESPASIANI F(ilio)/ VESPASIANO AUGUSTO”
    (The Senate and People of Rome [dedicate this arch] to the divine Titus Vespasian Augustus, son of the
    divine Vespasian).
    The triumph panel opposite depicts Titus carried by a triumphal four-horse chariot (quadriga) followed
    closely by the goddess of Victory (Victoria), preceded by official attendants known as lictors, and
    accompanied by symbolic representations (genii) of the Senate, the Roman people, and Virtus (manly
    virtue) (below).
    In 1821, it was time for the Arch to get a bit of a spruce-up. Neoclassicism architect Giuseppe Valadier
    was selected for the job. He restored the arch with travertine, so that the additions could be clearly
    seen.
    As part of the reconstruction, an inscription detailing why the restoration was undertaken was added.
    This inscription can be clearly seen on the opposite side to the original.
    Arches were essential in Roman architecture because they distributed weight significantly more
    effective than the Greek-style rectilinear post-and-lintel arrangement. The archway may have helped
    distribute the weight of a statue group displayed on top of a monument  (now lost). The arch monument
    also established a passageway in the midst of the street, allowing and encouraging pedestrians to walk
    through and view the relief sculptures honoring Titus more closely. The ornamental columns of the
    arch are of the Composite order, which implies that their capitals mix Ionic and Corinthian traits. The
    capitals atop the thin, fluted pillars have Ionic-style volutes (scroll-like crowns) and Corinthian-style
    elaborate acanthus leaves.

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