Countless Renaissance and Baroque sculptors have drawn inspiration from the friezes on the triple Arch of Septimius Severus (honoring a third-century emperor who died in York, England, the northernmost boundary of the empire).
The friezes that can be seen on the Arch of Septimius Severus depict numerous battle scenes. 
mnli hypothesis: The friezes that can be seen on the Arch of Septimius Severus depict numerous battle scenes.  premise: Countless Renaissance and Baroque sculptors have drawn inspiration from the friezes on the triple Arch of Septimius Severus (honoring a third-century emperor who died in York, England, the northernmost boundary of the empire).