In 1716, Adriaan Reland published his De spoliis templi Hierosolymitani in arcu Titiano Romae conspicuis, in English: "The spoils of the temple of Jerusalem visible on the Arch of Titan at Rome". Pope Paul IV (papacy 1555–1559) made it the place of a yearly oath of submission. ĭuring the Middle Ages, the Frangipani family added a second story to the vault, converting it into a fortified tower beam holes from the construction remain in the panels. The medieval Latin travel guide Mirabilia Urbis Romae noted the monument, writing: "the arch of the Seven Lamps of Titus and Vespasian. The brother and successor of Titus built the arch, despite being described as hateful towards Titus by Cassius Dio. Without contemporary documentation, however, attributions of Roman buildings on basis of style are considered shaky. īased on the style of sculptural details, Domitian's favored architect Rabirius, sometimes credited with the Colosseum, may have executed the arch. 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. It became a symbol of the Jewish diaspora, and the menorah depicted on the arch served as the model for the menorah used as the emblem of the state of Israel. The arch contains panels depicting the triumphal procession celebrated in 71 AD after the Roman victory culminating in the fall of Jerusalem, and provides one of the few contemporary depictions of artifacts of Herod's Temple. 81 AD by the Emperor Domitian shortly after the death of his older brother Titus to commemorate Titus's official deification or consecratio and the victory of Titus together with their father, Vespasian, over the Jewish rebellion in Judaea.
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.
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