The Arcus Argentariorum In Rome, Italy Royalty-Free Stock Photography

The Arcus Argentariorum, Arch of the Money-Changers in Rome, Italy. In the seventh century he ancient Roman arch was partly incorporated into the western wall of the church of San Giorgio al Velabro. Its actual purpose is unknown, but probably it formed a monumental gate where the vicus Jugarius entered in the Forum Boarium. As the dedicatory inscription says, it was commissioned not by the state or emperor, but by the local money-changers argentarii and merchants, in honor of Septimius Severus and his family. The top was possibly once decorated with statues of the imperial family, now long gone.