Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during the height of its power, the emperor decided to change that and leave a ...

Criterion (iii): From the Augustan Age, the ancient Theatre of Orange is an exceptional example in the typology of Roman theatres. Criterion (vi): The events referred to in the low reliefs carved on ...

Finished in 315 C.E., the Arch of Constantine is one of Rome’s three surviving ancient triumphal arches, each erected to honor a person or event. This arch commemorates Constantine I’s 312 ...

We do know that the Romans of the last few centuries BCE were building "triumphal" arches to welcome ... with a diamond-shaped keystone (the Gothic arch, model C). Flying buttresses act the same way ...

Rome had as many as 11 aqueduct systems, the most ancient of which was the mile ... Built in A.D. 52 by Claudius, this multipurpose triumphal arch fused both beauty and practicality, standing ...

as workers on site with cranes gather up fragments and secure broken areas of the arch after lightning struck it during a storm Tuesday, Sept. 3, loosening fragments from the ancient Roman structure.

the ancient theatre of Orange, with its 103-m-long facade, is one of the best preserved of all the great Roman theatres. Built between A.D. 10 and 25, the Roman arch is one of the most beautiful and ...