Arch of Titus reliefs

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ancient Roman relief sculpture architectural sculpture

The Arch of Titus reliefs are ancient Roman sculptural panels in the Arch of Titus that famously portray Titus’s triumphal procession after the Jewish War, including the spoils taken from the Second Temple in Jerusalem.

Aliases (1)

Flavian Roman art ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Roman relief sculpture → architectural sculpture →
commemorates	Roman victory in the Jewish War → Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE) → Titus →
commissionedBy	Domitian →
conservationStatus	partially weathered →
creator	Roman sculptors →
culturalContext	Flavian dynasty → Roman Empire →
depictionDate	events of 70 CE →
depicts	Roman lictors → Roman soldiers carrying spoils → Roman standards → Roman triumphal procession → Table of the Shewbread → Titus’s triumphal procession → captive Jews → emperor Titus in a chariot → menorah from the Second Temple → personification of Victory → spoils from the Second Temple in Jerusalem → triumphal archway → trumpets from the Second Temple → victorious Roman soldiers →
genre	historical relief → triumphal relief →
hasArtisticMovement	Roman Imperial art →
hasPart	relief of Titus in triumphal chariot → relief of the spoils of Jerusalem →
hasStyle	Flavian → Roman Imperial →
inception	circa 81 CE →
influenced	later representations of the menorah → modern memorials related to the Jewish diaspora →
locatedIn	Arch of Titus → Italy → Roman Forum → Rome → Via Sacra →
materialUsed	marble →
partOf	Arch of Titus →
significance	earliest surviving depiction of the Temple menorah → important symbol in Jewish cultural memory → key visual source for the Roman triumph ritual →
subjectOf	Jewish art historical studies → Roman art historical studies → studies of Flavian propaganda → studies of the Jewish War →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Relief of the Spoils of Jerusalem ("Flavian Roman art") →	artStyle
Roman destruction of the Second Temple →	depictedIn