* 18 The Arch of Titug ii Color From June 5 to 7, 2012 an international team of scholars led by the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies in partnership with the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma undertook a pilot study of the Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum, the ancient civic center of Rome, Italy fig . 1 ) . The focus of attention was the Menorah panel ( fig . 2 ) and the relief ( showing the deification of Titus at the apex of the arch ( fig . 3 ) . 1 The arch has three major bas reliefs . One shows the deification of Titus . Two other reliefs depict the triumphal procession held in Rome in 71 CE : in one we see Roman soldiers carrying the spoils of war This essay is dedicated in memory of Professor Louis H . Feldman, an early and consistent supporter 1 of this work . Many thanks to all of the members of our team, and especially to Peter J . Schertz, Bernard Frischer, Heinrich Piening, Cinzia Conti and Donald H . Sanders . We especially thank the Soprin...
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