Arcs of Auguste

The Arcs of Auguste ( Arcus Augusti ) are all two located on the Forum Romanum.

Three arcs were set up in the honor of Auguste octave

The first in 29 av. J. - C. to commemorate the victory with the Battle of Actium against Marc Antoine and Cléopâtre, and was replaced in 19 av. J. - C. after the victory against the Parthes, and the recovery of the signs lost at the time of the Bataille of Carrhes in 53 av. J. - C.

It was located between the Temple of Beaver and Pollux and the Temple of César. It was used as monumental entry on the Forum for those which came from the Vicus Vestæ .

It was degraded very quickly and had to be restored in 19 av. J. - C., and was thus substituted by for a arc with three vaults, surmounted of a quadriga in the center with barbarians on the sides. The central part was much higher than the two other parts. It celebrated a diplomatic success: the emperor Auguste obtained Parthes the restitution of the signs taken with Crassus.

Thus, by this substitution of a Triumphal arch by another, Auguste erased the memory of the civil war vis-a-vis Marc Antoine and registered his name among the triumphant victors, without to have overcome by the weapons, but by the diplomacy and peace.

Another arc was located on the other side of the Temple of César, joined with the basilica Æmilia, which thus formed a second monumental entry on the Forum, by the sacred way. It was the Voûte of Gaius and Lucius which corresponded to the second arc of Auguste. When it made devote this arc by the Roman Sénat to its grandsons, it confirmed its political intentions as for the principle of succession.

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