Arcus Novus
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/721487827
41.8981113911, 12.4813118603
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Santa Maria in Via Lata (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Arcus Novus (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Arcus Novus part of (analytical) Regio VII (Via Lata) (unspecified date range)
- Arcus Novus located at Roma (unspecified date range)
- Arcus Novus located on Via Lata (unspecified date range)
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The Arcus Novus relied on reused sculptural reliefs (spolia) that likely were taken from the Ara Pietatis. Elements of the nearby Temple of the Sun were also perhaps coopted. By order of Innocent VIII, the arch was demolished in 1491. Fragments of relief sculpture were discovered in 1523 and eventually passed into the ownership of the Medici family, with some fragments making their way to the Boboli Gardens in Florence, Italy. The Diocletianic arch also reused relief sculpture from the Antonine period. These fragments also came to be owned by the Medici and were incorporated into the facade of the Villa Medici in Rome.
Jeffrey Becker, 'Arcus Novus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/721487827> [accessed: 30 January 2025]
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