Pompeii. Arched entrance in north-west corner of Forum.
Arco di Caio e Lucio Cesare. Arch of Gaius and Lucius Caesar.
Arched entrance in north-west corner of Forum. May 2010. Looking west on Vicolo dei Soprastanti.
Arched entrance in north-west corner of Forum. May 2010. Looking east on Vicolo dei Soprastanti.
Arched entrance in north-west corner of Forum. May 2010.
Looking south through arch towards the Arch of Augustus.
Arched entrance in north-west corner of Forum. December 2007.
Looking south, down from roof of restaurant at VII.5.19.
Arched entrance in north-west corner of Forum. May 2010. Looking south-west into Forum from Vicolo dei Soprastanti.
Arched entrance in north-west corner of Forum (right). May 2015. Looking north from Forum. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Arched entrance in north-west corner of Forum. May 2015. Looking north. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Arched entrance in north-west corner of Forum. May 2010. Looking north through arch in the north wall of the Forum.
On the right is the west side of the Temple of Jupiter.
Arched entrance in north-west corner of Forum. Pre-1937-39.
Looking north through arch in the north wall of the Forum towards VII.5.15 before the 1943 bombing.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1712.
Arched entrance in north-west corner of Forum. Pre-1937-39.
On the left is VIII.7.26 entrance from Vicolo dei Soprastanti.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1711.
Arched entrance in north-west corner of Forum. Painting c.1843 by Pasquale Maria Veneri of a section of west side of the Temple of Jupiter.
It also shows the only known representation of the lararium painting on the inner east side of the arched entrance.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS1210.
Also shown are the vaulted rooms beneath the podium.
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Arched entrance in north-west corner of Pompeii Forum. Painting c.1843 by Pasquale Maria Veneri
Detail from painting by Pasquale Maria Veneri of inner east pier of arch showing only known representation of the lararium painting.
The architrave of the west wide of the Temple of Jupiter is shown in outline at the bottom right.
Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number ADS1210.
Arched entrance in north-west corner of Pompeii Forum, May 2015.
Looking north through the Arch of Augustus to the arched entrance with its steps. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
On ADS 1210a the arch is referred to as the Arco di Caio e Lucio Cesare.
Caius/Gaius Julius Caesar and Lucius Julius Caesar were sons of Marcus
Vipsanius Agrippa and Giulia the Elder, daughter of Augustus.
They were part of the imperial family of Augustus, known as the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
The year of their father's death (12 BC), their
maternal grandfather, Augustus adopted them and named them as his heirs.
They grew up and were educated by their grandparents but did not succeed Augustus as they died before him, in 4 AD and 2 AD respectively.
Arched entrance in north-west corner of Pompeii Forum, May 2010.
Looking north through Arch of Augustus to the arched entrance with its steps.