Side View of the Arch of Septimius Severus, 1833 (etching with brown wash)

Cote de l'arc de Septime Severe; Engraved by Pietro Fontana (1762-1837); from 'Recueil des vues au bister dessinees et lavees par Callimachus, Souvenirs d'antiquites et curiosites de Rome et des environs, Deblayements et reparations du Pape Pie VII'; Pope Pius VII (1742-1823) Papacy (1800-23) Count Barnaba Niccolo Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; Dedicated in 203 in honour of Septimius Severus (145-211) and his sons Caracalla and Geta, and their victories over the Parthians, Arabs, and Adiabenians of Assyria; In 1803 the Arch was excavated down to the original ground level; See 384843; Behind is the Temple of Saturn; Senatus Populusque Romanus incendio consumptum restituit; Rebuilt by L. Munatius Plancus in 42 BC; Restored after fires in 283 and 400 AD;