Arch of Septimius Severus (Roman Forum)
Ruins · Italy
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 203
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 41.893, 12.485
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Celebratory monument/triumphal arch in the Roman Forum
History
The Arch of Septimius Severus at the northwestern end of the Roman Forum is a white marble triumphal arch dedicated in 203 AD to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla and Geta, in the two campaigns against the Parthians of 194–195 and 197–199. After the death of Septimius Severus, his sons Caracalla and Geta were initially joint Emperors. Caracalla had Geta assassinated in Rome; in the practice now known as damnatio memoriae, Geta's memorials were destroyed and all images or mentions of him were removed from street buildings and monuments. Accordingly, Geta's image and inscriptions referring to him were removed from the arch.