De Boog van Germanicus is gebouwd in het jaar 18 of 19 door een rijke inwoner van de plaats Mediolanum Santonum, het hedendaagse Saintes. De boog is gewijd aan de keizer Tiberius en zijn adopotiefzoons Drusus Caesar en Germanicus. Oorspronkelijk stond de boog over de Romeinse weg van Lyon naar Saintes. In 1843 werd de boog 15 meter verplaatst.
Locatie:
- Frankrijk, Saintes
- geo:45.745918,-0.628972
- Locatie precies
Classificatie:
- Gebouw (overig)
- Zichtbaar
Identifiers:
- vici:place=7908
- dare:place=207980
- wikidata:entity=Q117210
Annotaties
The Arch of Germanicus is an ancient Roman arch in Saintes, Charente-Maritime in France. It was built in 18 or 19 by a rich citizen of the town (then known as Mediolanum Santonum), C. Julius Rufus, and dedicated to the emperor Tiberius and his adoptive sons Drusus Caesar and Germanicus. It has two bays and was originally sited over the terminus of the Roman road from Lyon to Saintes. On the proposal of Prosper Mérimée in 1843 it was moved fifteen metres during works on quays along the river, and it was restored in 1851.
The dedicatory inscription on the attic (CIL XIII, 1036 = Inscriptions Latines des Trois Gaules, 148) is heavily worn in the area naming the emperor Tiberius and Drusus Caesar, his nephew and adoptive son. The dedication to his other nephew and adoptive son, Germanicus, is better conserved and not only allows the arch to be dated to 18 or 19 but also gives it its usual name:
GERMANICO [CAESA]R[I] TI(berii) AUG(usti) F(ilio)DIVI AUG(usti) NEP(oti) DIVI IULI PRONEP(oti)[AUGU]RI FLAM(ini) AUGUST(ali) CO(n)S(uli) II IMP(eratori) II
C(aius) IVLI[us] C(aii) IVLI(i) OTUANEUNI F(ilius) RVFVS C(aii) IVLI(i) GEDOMONIS NEPOS, EPOTSOVIRIDI PRON(epos)[SACERDOS ROMAE ET AUG]USTI [AD A]RAM QU[A]E EST AD CONFLUENT[E]M, PRAEFECTUS [FAB]RUM, D(at).
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Musée Archéologique (Saintes)
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