The rise and fall of Rome through its architecture and art (statues, mosaics, frescoes). The Romans gave Europe its first taste of a common culture, and awe-inspiring art. From its groundbreaking ...

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Photo taken on Sept. 3, 2024 shows a fragment fallen from the Arch of Constantine in a thunderstorm in Rome, Italy. Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua via Getty Images.

The Arch of Titus, in the city’s historic center, was built nearly 2,000 years ago to celebrate the eponymous Roman general’s conquering of Jerusalem and destruction of its Holy Temple.