The Arch of Septimius Severus, portal to ancient Rome

Triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus, 203 C.E., marble above a travertine base, roughly 23 x 25 m, Roman Forum
speakers: Dr. Darius Arya, executive director of the American Institute for Roman Culture and Dr. Beth Harris
This video was made in collaboration with the American Institute for Roman Culture. To learn more about their important work visit:
American Institute for Roman Culture www.romanculture.org/
Their KZbin channel / wedigrome
and Ancient Rome Live ancientromelive.org/

[@nathanielscreativecollecti6392]

Always a good day when you can see another one of these!

[@thekejofglory]

It's 1:30 am here in the Philippines, and I was about to sleep! A very lovely video to end my day!

[@gabrielgeorge3365]

You mean to start your day....

[@joeeema3873]

My asean brother I'm from Indonesia

[@user-vu8nf5cf6q]

Likewise, there is the Arc de Triomphe in Libya, specifically in Liptis, the birthplace of the great Septimius

[@fadelaelzalet8674]

Sptemus Severus is Berber from Libya 🇱🇾 and we proud of him he was very brave ,intelligent,awesome man

[@truthhitman7473]

He was a black man.

[@realshitdawg1]

@@truthhitman7473 And ?

[@truthhitman7473]

@@realshitdawg1 You don't like it that's why you responded like a disgruntled racist.

[@abdulelmeshi7215]

@@truthhitman7473 he wasn’t 😂

[@jth6587]

No, he is an Arab and he is proud of that.. It was written on the Triumphal arch in Rome that he is ARABICO .

[@martinfernandez882]

Yay! I was hoping y'all would make a video on this monument. It might be my favorite thing in the forum.

[@FortressmasoN]

So great to match the voices to the faces! Thanks for bringing so much immersive commentary to us!

[@CreativeWorldPH]

I love Roman Architecture ♥️♥️♥️

[@uriahheep8470]

What a thoughtful and informative presentation. Caracalla certainly had a Geta complex.

[@user-lq7qj8ue1x]

Fun fact: Caracalla means The Fortress of GOD in Arabic

[@aidangatter2395]

Love you Smarthistory! You make the world better :)

[@CreativeWorldPH]

I really love roman architecture

[@Insectoid_]

Brilliant work. Love the recreations

[@marthavillegas6250]

Love it! Thanks for the lesson ❤️

[@Sasha0927]

The photos at the start were sweet and really helped to appreciate the scale of this arch! It's so much bigger than I expected. "Damnatio memoriae" is the ultimate shade - the original cancel culture, except it sounds a lot cooler. And I can't handle way Dr Arya said "smurf hats." He certainly has a way of expressing himself.

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

Beautiful and informative. Thank you!

[@simplearchaeology1242]

Good video and interesting biography of the Arch.

[@peroz1000]

Very informative, thank you!

[@5217tuber]

NIcely done!

[@stephenpmurphy591]

Thank you for posting another fine video.

[@richsw]

Where's Dr Zucker?

[@smarthistoryvideos]

I was on production side for this one!

[@fadelaelzalet8674]

Septimus Severus is 🇱🇾 Libyan from leptic magna

[@L-mo]

If it wasn’t still standing you would never believe they had created so much outstanding art, technology and splendor a thousand years _before_ the Middle Ages.

[@johna.4334]

There would be more art and technology to behold if the catholic church hadn't destroyed so much of the splendors of ancient Rome.

[@alanalan2732]

@@johna.4334 what baseless thing you just said. Rome is the city with the most Roman monuments thanks to the Popes who often stopped citizens from dismantling the monuments by transforming them into churches. (exemples: the Colosseum, Pantheon) If you go to see all the other Italian cities of Roman there is nothing left. the few things left are some temples transformed into churches or some theaters, amphitheaters and bridges. The latter survived because they were used for the same purposes for the following centuries. Then you will discover that Rome thanks to the Papal State has been one of the least conquered and destroyed Italian cities over the centuries. And it must be remembered that all over the world cities have lived through different periods, different rulers, different architectural tastes and different urban plans, in which things in ruins were demolished to make room for the new. Just think of Paris, Milan, Vienna, Berlin, London and all the cities in the world. So we should thank the Popes who over the centuries have found interest in ancient art and buildings so as to maintain or transform them. Because being a religion they could have said it's all pagan let's throw it all down. And today you wouldn't have all the Roman statues in museums, the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, the baths, the triumphal arches, the cerimonial columns, the Egyptian obelisks in Rome and much more. So I don't know what history you studied at school but before shooting sentences one should inquire more

[@danielracovitan9779]

@@johna.4334 it was not because of the Catholic Church, but because.. people. The Roman cities were used as stone/marble quarries by the locals EVERYWHERE, including in places where the Catholic Church never existed

[@ALEJANDROARANDARICKERT]

VERY INTERESTING . AND WHY ARE THE RELIEFS SO BADLY DAMAGED COMPARED TO THOSE ON TRAJAN´S COLUMN?

[@mooingAlong]

Is it true that the rectangle hole at the top of the arch was because a barbershop was built at the middle arch and the barber built the hole so no one can steal his spot? That would be a very interesting story though.

[@miranda9691]

Waiting for someone whit this Full story

[@EfnysYersina]

Eternal glory to Rome

[@gregorythomas2674]

👍

[@Silvertestrun]

Ty

[@Kueytwo]

He was the African Emperor that shaped the London square mile.

[@Endgame707]

Septimius Severus Was a Spaniard 🇪🇸

[@ffhh4991]

@@Endgame707 what r u talking about he is north african

[@ffhh4991]

Yes but north african not sub Saharan african so he isn't black

[@user-lq7qj8ue1x]

@@Endgame707 He was Arab, Septimius Severus ARABICUS

[@paxie_1778]

Of Libyan origin and a great leader

[@abdurhmanmohamedabusnina7484]

Septimus was libya in lubta

[@Micro-Nova]

Probably far to controversial to talk about the Titus Arch. Very important history there.

[@smarthistoryvideos]

Did you look? We have videos on both the arch of Titus and the arch of Constantine.

[@Micro-Nova]

Smarthistory thank you, will sure do! 👍🏻

[@maktub3688]

The first African Emperor of Rome!!!!!

[@user-lq7qj8ue1x]

Arab, first Arab emperor

[@dmitrybelorusov7274]

@@user-lq7qj8ue1x The Arabs came from their Arabian desert to Libya only 500 years later during the Islamic conquests. This territory was inhabited by the ancestors of the Berbers and the natives of Rome and Greece. Libya had almost no black sub-Saharan or Arab population

[@productionzonenyc]

One of the greatest Mediterranean warriors in History

[@mahdimehdi445]

@Za Warudo man ,the pheonicians are from middle east

[@mahdimehdi445]

@Za Warudo smal tribe LMAO ;they were a kingdom ,and majority of them fleed to the maghreb cuz of the assyrian invasio, read history ,berber

[@terryharris1291]

@Za Warudo The Phoenicians you mean.

[@terryharris1291]

@Za Warudo In the UK they call him a Black African for Black history month.

[@terryharris1291]

@Za Warudo It is what they seem to do.Go well.I enjoy learning real history.

[@susanpower9265]

NEVER KNEW IT WAS VICTORY OVER PARTHIA/I HOPE YOU SEE THIS ONE DAY SIAMAK

[@johna.4334]

No need to shout.

[@65alef]

SPQR Sono Pazzi Questi Romani 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mattjohnson7198]

What a massive arch for such a mediocre "triumph". He basically beat the Parthians because he just declared he did.