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ARCUS SEPTIMII SEVERE—ARCUS STILLANS
and \zictory, escorted by Geta and Caracalla, and on the ends
four equestrian figures ; but of these statues no traces have been
found.
The excellent preservation of this monument is due in part to the
fact that in the Middle Ages its southern half belonged to the neighbouring
church of SS. Sergio e Bacco, and its northern half was fortified (HC 86).
The erection of this arch destroyed the symmetry of this end of the
forum (HC 84-90 ; Thedenat 161-162, 234-238 ; LR 284-286 ; Rossini,
Archi trionfali, pls. 50-57 ; Sangallo, Barb. 31 ; D’Espouy, Fragments,
i. 97 ; PAS ii. 69, 70; DR 454-462 ; RE Suppl. iv. 497-499).
Arcus Septimii Severi (in foro Boario), Arcus Argentariorum or Monu-
mentum Argentariorum : modern names given to an arch, which probably
served as an entrance to the Forum Boarium (q.v.), that stands at the
south-west angle of the church of S. Giorgio in Velabro, the campanile
resting partly upon one pier of the arch and concealing two of its sides.
It was erected in 204 a.d. by the argentarii et negotiantes boarii huius
loci qui invehent, in honour of Septimius Severus, his wife, his sons
Caracalla and Geta, and Caracalla’s wife Fulvia Plautilla, the daughter
of Plautianus (CIL vi. 1035 ; cf. 31232). The inscription seems to have
been modified thrice—after the fall of Plautianus in 205, after the murder
of Plautilla in 211, and after the murder of Geta in 212.
The arch is not a true arch, but a flat lintel resting on two piers, and
is entirely of marble, except the base, which is of travertine. It is
6.15 metres in height and the archway is 3.30 metres wide. At the
corners of the piers are pilasters with Corinthian capitals, and the whole
exterior surface is adorned either with coarse decorative sculpture or
reliefs representing sacrificial scenes. On the inside the figures of the
imperial family are carved in relief (those of Plautilla and Geta have
been removed) ; the ceiling is cut in soffits, and the inscription is on the
lintel (Bull. d. Inst. 1867, 217 ; Jord. i. 2. 470 ; PAS ii. 70 ; LS iii. 42 ;
Mel. 1924, 111-150; Fiechter and Hiilsen ap. Tobelmann i. 88-96; SScR
305 ; Reinach, Rep. des Reliefs, i. 271-272).
Arcus stillans : the name given in the Scholiast on Juvenal (3. 11) and
in the Mirabilia (10) to the arch of the Aqua Marcia (q.v.), which crossed
the via Appia at the Porta Capena (q.v.). It also occurs as arcus Stellae
in an interpolation in the life of Stephen I (LP xcvii.) and in a spurious
bull of Paschal II, in which, however, the local names have been taken
from an authentic document of Calixtus II (Kehr, Italia Pontificia ii.
43, No. 7). Here must have stood the ecclesia S. Laurentii de . . .
quae est iuxta arcum stillantem cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, et omnes
curtes quas habetis in regione schole Grece (Studi e Doc. Storia a
Diritto, 1886, 108 ; BC 1886, 352 ; Armellini 597 ; HCh 287 ; HJ
202). The possibility of extending the regio schole Grece (S. Maria in
Cosmedin) as far as the porta Capena has recently been denied, and the
ARCUS SEPTIMII SEVERE—ARCUS STILLANS
and \zictory, escorted by Geta and Caracalla, and on the ends
four equestrian figures ; but of these statues no traces have been
found.
The excellent preservation of this monument is due in part to the
fact that in the Middle Ages its southern half belonged to the neighbouring
church of SS. Sergio e Bacco, and its northern half was fortified (HC 86).
The erection of this arch destroyed the symmetry of this end of the
forum (HC 84-90 ; Thedenat 161-162, 234-238 ; LR 284-286 ; Rossini,
Archi trionfali, pls. 50-57 ; Sangallo, Barb. 31 ; D’Espouy, Fragments,
i. 97 ; PAS ii. 69, 70; DR 454-462 ; RE Suppl. iv. 497-499).
Arcus Septimii Severi (in foro Boario), Arcus Argentariorum or Monu-
mentum Argentariorum : modern names given to an arch, which probably
served as an entrance to the Forum Boarium (q.v.), that stands at the
south-west angle of the church of S. Giorgio in Velabro, the campanile
resting partly upon one pier of the arch and concealing two of its sides.
It was erected in 204 a.d. by the argentarii et negotiantes boarii huius
loci qui invehent, in honour of Septimius Severus, his wife, his sons
Caracalla and Geta, and Caracalla’s wife Fulvia Plautilla, the daughter
of Plautianus (CIL vi. 1035 ; cf. 31232). The inscription seems to have
been modified thrice—after the fall of Plautianus in 205, after the murder
of Plautilla in 211, and after the murder of Geta in 212.
The arch is not a true arch, but a flat lintel resting on two piers, and
is entirely of marble, except the base, which is of travertine. It is
6.15 metres in height and the archway is 3.30 metres wide. At the
corners of the piers are pilasters with Corinthian capitals, and the whole
exterior surface is adorned either with coarse decorative sculpture or
reliefs representing sacrificial scenes. On the inside the figures of the
imperial family are carved in relief (those of Plautilla and Geta have
been removed) ; the ceiling is cut in soffits, and the inscription is on the
lintel (Bull. d. Inst. 1867, 217 ; Jord. i. 2. 470 ; PAS ii. 70 ; LS iii. 42 ;
Mel. 1924, 111-150; Fiechter and Hiilsen ap. Tobelmann i. 88-96; SScR
305 ; Reinach, Rep. des Reliefs, i. 271-272).
Arcus stillans : the name given in the Scholiast on Juvenal (3. 11) and
in the Mirabilia (10) to the arch of the Aqua Marcia (q.v.), which crossed
the via Appia at the Porta Capena (q.v.). It also occurs as arcus Stellae
in an interpolation in the life of Stephen I (LP xcvii.) and in a spurious
bull of Paschal II, in which, however, the local names have been taken
from an authentic document of Calixtus II (Kehr, Italia Pontificia ii.
43, No. 7). Here must have stood the ecclesia S. Laurentii de . . .
quae est iuxta arcum stillantem cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, et omnes
curtes quas habetis in regione schole Grece (Studi e Doc. Storia a
Diritto, 1886, 108 ; BC 1886, 352 ; Armellini 597 ; HCh 287 ; HJ
202). The possibility of extending the regio schole Grece (S. Maria in
Cosmedin) as far as the porta Capena has recently been denied, and the