File:Septiconium Luci Septimi Severi cropped.jpg

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Cropped from Image:Septiconium_Luci_Septimi_Severi.jpg.

Eastern front (only remain) of the Septizonium of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus, Via Appia; built 203 AD; completely demolished in 1588 by Pope Sixtus V.

(Source of information: Christian Hülsen, Das Septizonium des Septimus Severus. 46. Programm zum Winkelmannsfeste der Archäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin, 1886, S. 1-36)

Original title of the graphic: Luci Septimi Severi Caesaris in Via Appia Sepulcrum

Copperplate print, 47.8 x 32.4 cm

Editor: Claudii Ducheti Formis Romae 1582

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