Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus Parthicus Arabicus Parthicus Adiabenicus, son of Marcus, father of his country, Pontifex Maximus, in the eleventh year of his tribunician power, in the eleventh year of his rule, consul thrice, and proconsul, and to the emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Pius Felix, son of Lucius, in the sixth year of his tribunician power, consul, and proconsul (fathers of their country, the best and bravest emperors), on account of the restored republic and the rule of the Roman people spread by their outstanding virtues at home and abroad, the Senate and the People of Rome (sc. dedicate this monument)" Septimius Severus was ruling jointly as emperor with his son Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) when the arch was dedicated. The parenthesized section in the middle is text that replaced an original reference to his other son Geta, which was chiseled out upon Geta's damnatio memoriae by Caracalla to erase his memory in history. Gallery See also List of Roman triumphal arches List of ancient monuments in Rome References External links Arch of Septimius Severus photo gallery and virtual reality movie. Arcus Septimii Severi, the article in Platner's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome Arch of Severus Richard Brilliant, The Arch of Septimius Severus In the Roman Forum, 1963. High-resolution 360° Panoramas and Images of Arch of Septimius Severus | Art Atlas Buildings and structures completed in the 3rd century 3rd-century inscriptions Septimius Severus Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Rome Septimius Severus Rome R. X Campitelli