Arch of Septimius Severus - Arco di Settimio Severo

What a marvel is the smallest of the three! It is that of Septimius Severus, which marks the old level of the Forum at the foot of the steps of the Temple of Concord. It was surmounted by a car with six horses, in which the emperor was seen seated between his two sons. The dedicatory inscription is peculiarly interesting from the fact that one may plainly discern the place where Caracalla substituted the words OPTIMIS FORTISSIMISQUE PRINCIPBUS for the name of his brother Geta, after he had caused the latter to be put to death. The marble, hacked, rough, ill-polished, the new characters cut in afterwards--all this seems of yesterday. (Francis Wey, Rome)

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Arch of Septimius Severus - Today	ARCH OF SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS What a marvel is the smallest of the three! It is that of Septimius Severus, which marks the old level of the Forum at the foot of the steps of the Temple of Concord. It was surmounted by a car with six horses, in which the emperor was seen seated between his two sons. The dedicatory inscription is peculiarly interesting from the fact that one may plainly discern the place where Caracalla substituted the words OPTIMIS FORTISSIMISQUE PRINCIPBUS for the name of his brother Geta, after he had caused the latter to be put to death. The marble, hacked, rough, ill-polished, the new characters cut in afterwards--all this seems of yesterday. (Francis Wey, Rome) Read what the author of A Handbook of Rome and Its Environs (1923) wrote about the Arch of Septimius Severus... Read what Karl Baedeker in his Central Italy and Rome book wrote about the Arch of Septimius Severus... Read what Clara Erskine Clement in her book The Eternal City, Rome (1896) wrote about the Arch of Septimius Severus and other Roman arches... Read what Augustus Hare in his book Walks in Rome (1893) wrote about the Arch of Septimius Severus... Read what Russell Forbes in his book Rambles in Rome (1882) worte about theArch of Septimius Severus... Read what Shakspere Wood in his book The New Curiosum Urbis (1875) wrote about the Arch of Septimius Severus... Read what Kennett Basil in his book Romae Antiquae Notitia (1696) wrote about Roman Arches... ___________________________________________________________________ History of Septimius Severus More views of the Arch of Septimius Severus\| Vedute dell'Arco di Settimio Severo
Arch of Septimius Severus- 1882
Arch of Septimius Severus - 1857
Arch in the- 19th Century, Piranesi

Arch of Septimius Severus, Canaletto 1742
Arch of Septimius Severus, Canaletto 1742
Arch of Septimius Severus, Rogissart 1706