Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1920 — NOBLE RELICS OF THE PAST [ARTICLE]

NOBLE RELICS OF THE PAST

Triumphal Arch of Titus, at Rome, and the COlosseum, Are Splendid in Their Ruin. . The triumphal arch of Titus In Rome was built in 70 A. D., to commemorate the defeat of .he Jews, and was dedicate’, to the Emperoz Titus after his death. It is adorned with fine sculptures in relief. On the frieze outside is a sacrificial procession and on the Inner side Titus is seen :rowned by Victory in a quadriga driven by Roma. On another part of the arch is a triumphal procession of Jews, the Table of Shew Bread and the sevenbranched candlestick. In the center of the vaulting the consecrated emperor is seen being carried to heaven by an eagle. , . In 1882 the arch was a set of ruins, and some of the medieval additions were removed and it was partly reconstructed. The colosseum, with seats for 50,000 spectators, originally called the Flavian amphitheater, was completed by Titus in the year 80 A. D., and derives its later name, probably, from a colossal statue of Nero. The colosseum is now all in ruins.