Arch Of Titus Accomplishments

The Arch of Titus (also known as Arco di Tito, or Arcus Titi) is an ancient Roman arch built in honor of the victories of the older brother of Emperor Domitian, Titus, in the year 82 C.E. It is located at the bottom of the Palatine hill in Via Sacra, Rome, Italy, southeast of the Roman Forum complex. It was built during the peak of the Roman Empire, known as the Early Imperial Period, by Domitian’s supposed favorite architect Rabirius, who is also credited to have built the Colosseum. The major accomplishments of Titus include the construction of the Colosseum, rebuilding post the 79 C.E. eruption of Mount Vesuvius and 80 C.E. fire in Rome. He is also victorious in the Siege of Jerusalem (First Jewish-Roman War) in the year 70 C.E., in which 1.1 million mostly Jewish …show more content…
His younger brother Domitian succeeded him, and built The Arch of Titus in his commemoration. However, there was a message of religious and political virtue sent through the construction of The Arch of Titus. It was a display of the emergence of the new Flavian dynasty; post the civil disharmony of year 69 C.E, a period known as the “Year of the Four Emperors”. The monument cemented the place of this newly emerged dynasty in the Roman power structure, providing them legitimacy in the eyes of the people. To ensure this, the arch was built on the main street of ancient Rome, a place where any victorious parades would go through en route to the Roman Forum complex. Emperor Domitian intended for this monument to stand forever, displaying the might of the Flavian dynasty for generations to come. This intention did prove to be successful, as The Arch of Titus, is oldest of all ancient Roman triumphal arches that still stands today, and served as a model for triumphal arches designed after it. The complex was partially destroyed due to being used as a war fort, but restored later in 1817 by Raffaele Stern and continued by Valadier Giuseppe in