Roman arch
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noun
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Last year, the I.D.A. made headlines, and the cover of Newsweek, after it erected, in Trafalgar Square, a marble replica of a triumphal Roman arch in Palmyra, Syria—another icon destroyed by ISIS.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 20, 2016
You cannot evoke the past by simply taking historical symbols and using them as applique," he maintains."What does it mean to put a Roman arch over someone's house in Connecticut?
From Time Magazine Archive
Of course the earliest object which one hastens to see in Saintes, is the famous Roman arch.
From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart
Over this Roman arch, which crosses the Meles river, all the caravans pass on their entrance to the town.
From From Cornhill to Grand Cairo by Thackeray, William Makepeace
On a narrow street that runs south from the Roman arch.
From The Saracen: The Holy War by Shea, Robert
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