Arch of Tiberius

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The Arch of Tiberius was a Roman arch of honor that was erected for Tiberius in AD 16 in the Roman Forum in Rome .

The reason for the establishment was the recovery of two of the three Roman standards that Publius Quinctilius Varus had lost to the Germans in the year 9 AD in the Varus Battle named after him . This partial success of the Roman general Germanicus in 15 AD was a sufficient reason for the inner-Roman propaganda to honor Tiberius as the responsible emperor with this bow.

The arch stood near the northwest corner of the Basilica Julia next to the Temple of Saturn on the Roman Forum and was about 9 meters wide and 6.30 meters deep according to the foundations alone. The Arch of Tiberius is shown on one of the late antique historical reliefs on the Arch of Constantine . There it is part of a building ensemble representing five buildings, which begins with the Basilica Julia and ends after the Arch of Tiberius, Rostra and a column monument with the Arch of Septimius Severus . Since the representation of the basilica demonstrably shows the actual building in great detail, conclusions can be drawn from the image of the Tiberius Arch on its former appearance.

Accordingly, the arch only had one passage arch. Its corners were framed by three-quarter columns of the Corinthian order . Above it was a three-fascia architrave , which was cranked over the columns and served as a support for a smooth, very low frieze . The archivolts of the arch rested on battle ledges . An attic was not shown.

Fragments of the dedication inscription of the arch, which was erected in the name of the Senate and the Roman people and which may have risen above the forum on a low stepped structure, have been preserved.

Another, unknown arch for Tiberius stood on the Field of Mars near the Pompey Theater in Rome. The occasion and the date are not known, only the completion under Claudius is known.

literature

  • Hans Peter L'Orange , Armin von Gerkan : The late antique picture decoration of the Arch of Constantine. de Gruyter, Berlin 1939, p. 81 f. Plate 14.
  • Lawrence Richardson Jr .: A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992, pp. 29-30 sv Arcus Tiberii .

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Tacitus , Annalen 2, 41: arcus propter aedem Saturni ob recepta signa cum Varo amissa ductu Germanici, auspiciis Tiberii ...
  2. ↑ CIL 06, 00906 , 31422, 31575.
  3. ^ Suetonius , Claudius 11, 3; see. Lawrence Richardson Jr .: A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1992, p. 30 sv Arcus Tiberii (in Campo Martio) .

Coordinates: 41 ° 53 '32.4 "  N , 12 ° 29' 3.3"  E