Arch Of Trajan (Mérida)
Arch of Trajan may refer to: *Arch of Trajan (Ancona), Italy *Arch of Trajan (Benevento), Italy * Arch of Trajan (Canosa), Italy *Arch of Trajan (Mactaris), Maktar, Tunisia * Arch of Trajan (Mérida), Spain * Arch of Trajan (Rome), Italy *Arch of Trajan (Timgad) The Arch of Trajan is a Roman triumphal arch located in the city of Timgad (ancient Thamugadi), near Batna, Algeria. It was built between the later 2nd century and the early 3rd century. The three vaulted arch composed the western gate of the city ...

Arch Of Trajan (Ancona)
The Arch of Trajan in Ancona is a Roman triumphal arch erected in 115 by the Senate and people of Rome in the reign of Emperor Trajan. It was built in honour of that Emperor after he expanded the port of the city out of his own pocket, improving the docks and the fortifications. It was from here that Trajan departed for the ultimately successful war against the Dacians, an episode which is commemorated in the bas relief of Trajan's column in Rome. The arch was the work of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus, born in Roman Syria. Made of marble from the quarries of Marmara Island, it stands 18.5 metres high on a high podium approached by a wide flight of steps. The archway, only 3 m wide, is flanked by pairs of fluted Corinthian columns on pedestals. An attic bears inscriptions. The format is that of the Arch of Titus in Rome, but made taller, so that the bronze figures surmounting it, of Trajan on horseback, his wife Plotina and sister Marciana, would be a landmark fo ...
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Arch Of Trajan (Benevento)
The Arch of Trajan () is an ancient Roman triumphal arch in Benevento, southern Italy. It was erected in honour of the Emperor Trajan across the Via Appia, at the point where it enters the city. History The arch was built between 114 and 117. In Lombard times, it was incorporated into the southern sector of the city walls and became known as ''Porta Aurea'' ("Golden Gate"). The church of Sant'Ilario, now housing the Videomuseum of the Arch, was built nearby. The arch was studied by Sebastiano Serlio in Renaissance times and drawn by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in the 18th century. It was restored several times due to aging and earthquakes: under Pope Urban VIII, then in 1661, 1713 (after the marble architrave crumbled) and 1792. In 1850, on the occasion of Pope Pius IX's visit to Benevento, it was isolated through demolition of the adjoining buildings. Description The arch has a single, barrel-vaulted archway, and is 15.60 m high and 8.60 m wide. Each façade has four pil ...
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Arch Of Trajan (Canosa)
The Arch of Trajan (also called ''Porta Romana'', ''Porta Varrone'', and ''Varrense'') is a Roman triumphal arch from the first half of the second century, located in Canosa di Puglia (Ancient ''Canusium'', now in the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani). The arch stands on the route of the ancient Via Traiana. History The arch, considered to be from roughly the time of Trajan, had been dated to 109, on the hypothesis that its construction occurred during the production of the Via Traiana (108–110). Other scholars have preferred to date it to the reign of Hadrian. It is also known as the Porta Varrone or Porta Varrense. This name derives from a traditional scholarly attribution of the arch to Gaius Terentius Varro, one of the Roman Consuls defeated in the Battle of Cannae in 216 BC. It was restored several times in the nineteenth century and in 1911, with large amounts of modern reconstruction incorporated into it. Description The arch, which has a single vault, was built of br ...
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Maktar
Maktar or Makthar (), also known by other names during antiquity, is a town and archaeological site in Siliana Governorate, Tunisia. Maktar was founded by the Berber Numidians as a defense post against Carthaginian expansion. At the end of the Third Punic War, it was settled by many Punic refugees after the Romans' destruction of Carthage in 146BC. Under Roman rule, it obtained the status of a free city under Julius Caesar in 46BC and became a Roman colony in AD146. It formed part of the province of Byzacena and was the seat of a Christian bishop. Under the Romans and Byzantines, it reversed its earlier role to serve as a defense post against local Berber attacks. The town survived the Muslim invasions but was destroyed by the Banu Hilal tribe in the 11thcentury before being reëstablished. The present town had a population of 13,576 in 2014. Name The Carthaginians recorded the town's name variously as (), (), and (). The Romans latinized the name as Mactaris, which beca ...
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Arch Of Trajan (Mérida)
Arch of Trajan may refer to: *Arch of Trajan (Ancona), Italy *Arch of Trajan (Benevento), Italy * Arch of Trajan (Canosa), Italy *Arch of Trajan (Mactaris), Maktar, Tunisia * Arch of Trajan (Mérida), Spain * Arch of Trajan (Rome), Italy *Arch of Trajan (Timgad) The Arch of Trajan is a Roman triumphal arch located in the city of Timgad (ancient Thamugadi), near Batna, Algeria. It was built between the later 2nd century and the early 3rd century. The three vaulted arch composed the western gate of the city ...

Arch Of Trajan (Rome)
The Arch of Drusus is an ancient arch in Rome, Italy, close to the First Mile of the Appian Way and next to the Porta San Sebastiano. Long misidentified, it is most likely the remains of the Arch of Trajan. History The exact origins of the current Arch are disputed. It is now generally agreed that it has nothing to do with Nero Claudius Drusus, the conqueror of the Germans. The original Arch of Drusus was erected by the Senate in honour of Drusus following his death in 9 BCE, and spanned the Via Appia. Its exact location is not certain, but this arch no longer exists. Regarding the current arch, some versions have this arch being constructed as part of a spur added to the Aqua Marcia by Caracalla in 211–216 AD to take water from that aqueduct to Caracalla's new baths. However, it appears more likely that the arch pre-dated the aqueduct and that the aqueduct was conveniently routed over the top of the arch. Only the central part of this arch is now standing, but it was origina ...
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