Lost triumphal arch with statues of Arcadius, Honorius and Theodosius II, emperors; dedicated by the Senate. Rome. 402-408.
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Roma
Province:
Roma
Region:
Rome (including Ostia and Portus)
Details:
Seen in Campus Martius, near modern-day Ponte Vittorio EmmanueleII
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Other
Material:
Re-Use?
Other
Form:
Gate/Arch
Height(cm):
Width(cm):
Depth(cm):
Language:
Latin
Text Type:
Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Honorius, Arcadius and Theodosius II
Position:
Emperors
Gender:
Male
Awarder:
Senate and People of Rome
Position:
Senate and People of Rome
DATE
Earliest:
402
Latest :
408
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , CIL VI, 1196 (+p. 4334-5)
De Maria, S., Gli archi onorari di Roma e dell'Italia romana, Rome 1988, 323 n. 103
INSCRIPTION
Text:
Imppp(eratoribus) clementissimis felicissimis, toto orbe victoribus, ddd(ominis) nn[n(ostris)] / Arcadio, Honorio, Theodosio Auggg(ustis), ad perenne indicium triumpho[rum], / quod Getarum nationem in omne aevum doc[u]ere exti[ngui], / arcum simulacris eorum tropaeisq(ue) decora[tum], /(5) s(enatus) p(opulus)q(ue) R(omani), totius operis splendore [---].
Trans:
To the most merciful and fortunate emperors, victors over the whole world, our lords Arcadius, Honorius and Theodosius Augusti, as an eternal memorial of their triumphs, because they have shown the nation of the Goths to be destroyed for all time. [This] arch, decorated with their statues and with trophies, the Senate and People of Rome, in the splendour of the whole work ...
