Arch of Titus

(Local Name: Foro Romano - Arco di Tito) At the end of the Forum farthest from the Capitol is the Arch of Titus, the oldest of the Roman triumphal arches, erected after Titus' death by his successor Domitian. Titus, son the Emperor Vespasian, was the Roman general who captured Jerusalem in the year 70 and thus put the final seal on the defeat of the Jewish people in Palestine. The reliefs on the arch, which has a single passageway, depict this event, and also the victorious general's triumphal procession to the Capitol. Titus (who became Emperor only in the year 79) is shown in his chariot accompanied by the goddess of Victory with a laurel wreath and by the booty brought back from the Jewish War - the seven-branched candlestick, the table with the shewbread and trumpets from the treasury of the Temple.