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Arch of Drusus
The Arch of Drusus is an ancient arch in Rome, Italy, close to the First Mile of the Appian Way and next to the Porta San Sebastiano.The Arch of DrususThe exact origins of the Arch are unclear. It is now generally agreed that it has nothing to do with Nero Claudius Drusus, the conqueror of the Germans. Some versions have the arch being constructed as part of a spur added to the Aqua Marcia by Caracalla in 211-216 AD to take water from that aqueduct to Caracalla’s new baths. However, it appears more likely that the arch predated the aqueduct and that the aqueduct was conveniently routed over the top of the arch.Only the central part of this arch is now standing, but it was originally triple, or at least with projections on each side, although never finished. It is built of travertine, faced with marble, and on each side of the archway are columns of Numidian marble with white marble bases. The archway is 7.21 metres high. The aqua Antoniniana, the branch of the Aqua Marcia, ran over this arch, but the brick-faced concrete that is visible on the top seems to belong to a later period. The arch may possibly be the Arch of Trajan.[1]References[edit]Jump up ^ Samuel Ball Platner: A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press, 1929. http://www1.lib.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/eos/eos_title.pl?callnum=DG16.P72Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arch of Drusus (Rome).Coordinates: 41°52′25″N 12°30′04″ERoman Arches
Roman Arches List
- Arches of Augustus
- Arch of Augustus
- Arch of Alexander Severus
- Arch of Augustus at Aosta
- Arch of Augustus at Fano
- Arch of Augustus at Rimini
- Arch of Augustus at Susa
- Arch of Augustus at Susa
- Arch of Cabanes
- Arch of Campanus
- Arch of Caracalla at Thebesta
- Arch of Caracalla in Djemila
- Arch of Caracalla in Theveste
- Arches of Claudius
- Arch of Claudius
- Arch of Constantine
- Arch of Diocletian at Sbeitla
- Arch of Dolabella
- Arch of Drusus
- Arch of Galerius and Rotunda
- Arch of Gallienus
- Arch of Germanicus
- Arch of Gratian, Valentinian and Theodosius
- Arch of Hadrian Capua
- Arch of Hadrian in Jerash
- Arch of Hadrian
- Arch of Janus
- Arch of Lentulus and Crispinus
- Arch of Malborghetto
- Arch of Marcus Aurelius
- Arch of Nero
- Arch of Octavius
- Arch of Pietas
- Arch of Septimius Severus in Leptis Magna
- Arch of Septimius Severus
- Arch of the Sergii
- Arch of Tiberius
- Arch of Titus
- Arch of Titus at the Circus Maximus
- Arches of Trajan
- Arch of Trajan at Anacona
- Arch of Trajan at Benevento
- Arch of Trajan at Canosa
- Arch of Trajan at Thamugadi
- Arch of Trajan at Timgad
