Finally, a work that places antiquity's Triumphal Arches in the context of their origins and why this is not only history past but present. Furthermore, the context of these monuments are anything but naive displays of grandeur--they were erected to demonstrate the triumph of the victor over the conquered. What is most fascinating is the original Roman Arch of Triumph fully developed by General Titus to commemorate the Roman Empire's victory over Judea and the commencement of the diaspora of the Jews circa 70 AD. The authors "connect the dots" whereby the Kingdoms of the World under the...
Finally, a work that places antiquity's Triumphal Arches in the context of their origins and why this is not only history past but present. Furthermor...