It is a quadrifrons trumphal arch, surmounted by an unusual octagonal cupola,and was erected (entirely in marble) by Gaius Calpurnius Celsus, quinquennial duumvir of the city, to commemorate the victories of Lucius Verus, junior colleague and adoptive brother of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, over the Parthians in the Roman–Parthian War of 161–66.
Neiman Marcus | Marcus Garvey | Marcus Aurelius | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Greil Marcus | Marcus Brigstocke | Marcus Stephen | arch | Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa | Gateway Arch | Arch Enemy | arch bridge | Marcus Rojas | Marble Arch | Royal Arch Masonry | Marcus Ullmann | Royal Arch | Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted | Marcus Roberts | Marcus Liberty | Marcus Hahnemann | Marcus Didius Falco | Marcus Tregoning | Marcus Neff | Marcus J. Ranum | Marcus Daly | Marcus Buckingham | Marcus Borg | Marcus Aurelius Probus | Marcus Adoro |