Location on Forum Plan
Via Sacra
Lapis Niger
Curia (Senate House)
Basilica Aemilia
Templum Antonini et Faustinae
Basilica Constantini
Templum Veneris et Romae
Arcus Titi
Regia
Atrium Vestae
Templum Vestae
Templum Juli
Templum Castoris
Basilica Julia
Templum Saturni
Tabularium
Templum Divi Vespasiani
Templum Concordiae
Lacus Curtius
Rostra
Miliarium Aureum
Arcus Septimii Serveri
Carcer (Prison) |
 Arch of Septimius Severus
This triumphal arch was erected in 203 A.D. to commemorate
the Roman victory over the Parthians in honor of the emperor Septimius Severus
and his sons, Caracalla and Geta. The arch is best remembered for the crime
of Caracalla against Geta recorded in the inscription. After Septimius'
death, the two brothers became joint rulers. In public they pretended to
loved and commend each other, but in reality Caracalla hated his brother.
Geta, sensing his brother's ill feelings, was always heavily guarded. Caracalla
used their own mother in a scheme to meet Geta unguarded. On the way to
a reconciliation meeting, Geta was surrounded and killed by Caralla's men.
Caracalla then removed the reference to Geta on the inscription of the Arch
of Septimius Severus. |
