Arch of the Sergii

Arch of the Sergii is an Ancient Roman triumphal arch positioned in Pula, Croatia. The arch commemorates 3 brothers of the Sergii own family, particularly Lucius Sergius Lepidus, a tribune serving inside the twenty-9th legion that participated within the Battle of Actium and disbanded in 27 BC . This indicates an approximate date of advent: 29-27 BC. The arch stood inside the lower back of the authentic naval gate of the early Roman colony. The Sergii had been a effective circle of relatives of officials in the colony and retained their electricity for centuries. The honorary triumphal arch, first of all a metropolis gate, emerge as erected as a picture of the victory at Actium.

As the primary inscription proclaims, it become paid for with the aid of using the partner of Lepidus, Salvia Postuma Sergia, sister of the 3 brothers. Both in their names are carved in the stone together with Lucius Sergius and Gaius Sergius, the honoree's father and uncle respectively. In its precise form, statues of the two elders flanked Lepidus on both aspects at the top of the arch. On both element of the inscription, a frieze depicts cupids, garlands and bucrania.