Arch of Augustus - Fano, Italy
The Arch of Augustus was the main entrance gate to the city of Fano and marks the arrival of the Via Flaminia on the shores of the Adriatic. It is set in the city's walls and built in white stone quarried at the Furlo Gorge, 40 km inland. The arch was originally flanked by two circular towers, of which only one survives. On either side of the main six-meter wide archway are two smaller arches. The inscription on the frieze above indicates that it was completed in 10AD.
Arch of Septimus Severus - Rome, Italy
The Arch of Septimius Severus, a triumphal arch, was made of white marble. It is located at the northeast end of the Roman Forum. Dedicated in AD 203 to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimus 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 212; Geta's memorials were destroyed and all images or mentions of him were removed from public buildings and monuments. Accordingly Geta's image and inscriptions referring to him were removed from the arch.
Arch of Drusus - Rome, Italy
Porta San Sebastiano incorporates the so-called Arch of Drusus (or Arco di Druso), a marble decorated arch of the Aqua Antoniniana aqueduct over the Via Appia, wrongly identified with the arch said by the sources to have been erected on the death of Nero Claudius Drusus (the father of Claudius) in 9 BC. Its actual history is uncertain, but it could have been absorbed during the construction of the wall as the new Porta Appia (or “Porta San Sebastiano”). It is also possible that this same arch is the arch reported the medieval sources under the name of arcus recordatiionis.
Arch of the Sergii - Pula, Croatia
This ancient Roman triumphal arch called the Arch of the Sergii is located in Pula, Croatia. The arch commemorates three brothers of the Sergii family, specifically Lucius Sergius Lepidus, a tribune serving in the twenty-ninth legion that participated in the Battle of Actium and disbanded in 27 BC. This suggests an approximate date of construction: 29-27 BC. The arch stood behind the original naval gate of the early Roman colony. The Sergii were a powerful family of officials in the colony and retained their power for centuries.
Arch of Hadrian - Athens, Greece
The Arch of Hadrian is a monumental gateway resembling - in some respects - a Roman triumphal arch. It spanned an ancient road from the center of Athens to the complex of structures on the eastern side of the city that included the Temple of Olympian Zeus. It has been proposed that the arch was built to celebrate the adventus (arrival) of the Roman Emperor Hadrian and to honor him for his many benefactions to the city, on the occasion of the dedication of the nearby temple complex in 131 or 132 AD.
It is not certain who commissioned the arch, although it is probable that the citizens of Athens or another Greek group were responsible for its construction and design. There were two inscriptions on the arch, facing in opposite directions, naming both Theseus and Hadrian as founders of Athens. While it is clear that the inscriptions honor Hadrian, it is uncertain whether they refer to the city as a whole or to the city in two parts: one old and one new. The early idea, however, that the arch marked the line of the ancient city wall, and thus the division between the old and the new regions of the city, has been shown to be false by further excavation. The arch is located 325m southeast of the Acropolis.
Arch of Galerius - Thessaloniki, Greece
Two neighboring monuments can be found in the city of Thessaloniki, the Arch of Galerius and the Tombof Galerius. It is in the province of Central Macedonia in northern Greece. The Tomb of Galerius is better known as the Rotunda, the Church of Agios Georgios or (in English) the Rotunda of St. George.
Leptis Magna - Al Khums, Libya
Leptis Magna also known as Lectis Magna or Neapolis was a prominent city of the Roman Empire. Its ruins are located in Al Khums, Libya, 130 km east of Tripoli, on the coast where the Wadi Lebda meets the sea. The site is one of the most spectacular and unspoiled Roman ruins in the Mediterranean.
Triumphal Arch - Volubilis, Morocco
The Romans evacuated most of Morocco at the end of the 3rd century AD but, unlike some other Roman cities, Volubilis was not abandoned. However, it appears to have been destroyed by an earthquake in the late fourth century AD. It was reoccupied in the sixth century, when a small group of tombstones written in Latin shows the existence of a community that still dated its foundation by the year of the Roman province. Coins show that it was occupied under the Abbasids: a number of these simply bear the name Walila.
