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Title: Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884
Subjects: Art, Ancient Archaeology
Publisher: London, Bell and Daldy
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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rble, andconsists of one large arch, with a smaller one on each side, witha lateral communication from one to the other. It is ornamentedwith eight fluted composite pillars, and has bas-reliefs on each front.4. The arch of Constantine was erected by the senate in honour ofConstantines victory over Maxentius. This, the largest and mostimposing of the arches in Rome, consists of one large arch, with asmaller one on each side, and is ornamented with eight Corinthiancolumns, surmounted by statues of Dacian captives. The bas-reliefs with which it is decorated, are supposed to have come from TRIUMPHAL ARCHES. 79 an arch of Trajan, which stood in his forum. It stands at the footof the Palatine hill, near the Colosseum, and was built in the ViaTriurophalis. 5. The arch of Janus was probably not a triumphalarch There is no certainty with regard to the date or purpose ofthis arch Of arches built to commemorate remarkable events, wemay notice, in particular, that of Trajan on the mole at Ancona.
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ABCH OF TRAJAN AT BENEVEXTO. It was erected by the senate and people to Trajan, for having, at hisown expense, constructed the mole, and having thus rendered theport safer to navigators. Another arch erected by Trajan atBeneventum, when he repaired the Via Appia, is not only remark- 80 HANDBOOK OF ARCHEOLOGY. able for its excellent preservation, but also as affording, perhaps,the best specimen of Eoman workmanship existing. It is a singlearch of Parian marble, and entire with the exception of part of thecornice ; both its sides are adorned with four Corinthian pillarsraised on high pedestals. The frieze and panels, as well as theinterior of the arch, are covered with rich sculpture, representingTrajans achievements and his apotheosis. The figures are in altorelievo and exquisitely executed. Triumphal arches have beenerected in several parts of the Eoman empire. Many are to befound in various parts of Italy, at Aquino, Aosta, Susa, Rimini, Polain Istria, several in the south of France,

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