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Arch of Marcus Aurelius (Rome)

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Submission of the Germans, one of the reliefs that are believed to have been from the Arch of Marcus Aurelius and today preserved in the
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The reliefs that would have been part of the Arch of Marcus Aurelius depict the story of the emperor's military victories during the
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This arch was quoted in medieval sources and which would have been located at the foot of the
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The existence of an arch dedicated to Marcus Aurelius is based on a cycle of twelve
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Another possible location where the arch may have originally been is near the
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that would have been used to decorate it, eight of which were reused in the
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Bianchi Bandinelli - Torelli, cit., Arte romana scheda 142.
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Buildings and structures completed in the 2nd century
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Capitoline Museums
Arch of Marcus Aurelius is located in Rome

Regio IX Circus Flaminius
41°54′5.4″N 12°28′49.7″E / 41.901500°N 12.480472°E / 41.901500; 12.480472
Triumphal arch
Commodus
Latin
triumphal arch
Rome
Campus Martius
Piazza Colonna
Column of Marcus Aurelius
emperor
Marcus Aurelius
Roman Senate
inscription
Marcomannic War
triumph
Commodus
Marcomanni
Sarmatians
reliefs
Arch of Constantine
Palazzo dei Conservatori
Capitoline Museums
Copenhagen
Capitoline Hill
Via Lata

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