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The triple Arch of Septimius Severus, nearly 21m high and over 23m wide is entirely faced with marble and was erected in AD 203 to honor the 10th anniversary of the emperor's ascension. It was dedicated by the Senate and People of Rome (S.P.Q.R.) to Severus and his sons Caracalla and Geta, in honor of their victory over the Parthians. Geta's name has been not-so-surreptitiously obliterated from the inscription, presumably after his murder by his brother Caracalla in 212 AD. The Fratricida replaced his brother's name with a laudatory phrase praising himself and his father. The three columns seen through the arch are the remains of the Temple of Castor and Pollux.
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