Tenderness on the Arch of Severus

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Tenderness on the Arch of Severus

Tenderness on the Arch of Severus

Taken from the northwestern corner of the Arch of Septimius Severus in the Forum (created ca. 203 CE), this image depicts a captured Parthian holding a baby as part of a series of high relief depictions of captured Parthians being lead by the victorious Romans.

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William North
07 April 2013
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