ARCUS TIBERII
erected in 16 A.D. to commemorate the recovery of the
standards which had been captured by the Germans at the defeat of
Varus in 9 A.D. (Tac.
Ann. ii.41). It stood at the north-west corner of the
basilica Julia, on the north side of the Sacra via, which was made narrower
at this point by having its curb bent toward the south. The arch was
single, as represented on a relief on the arch of Constantine (HC 74, fig. 28),
and was approached by steps from the level of the forum. Various
architectural fragments were discovered in 1835 and 1848, with parts of
the inscription
1 (
CIL vi. 906, 31422, 31575), and its concrete foundations,
9 metres long and 6.3 wide, in 1900 (
PAS ii. 47;
Jord. i. 2. 211-13;
HC 68-69; DR 443-448; HFP 18).