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The Arch of Trajan in 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.
The Arch of Trajan (Italian: Arco di Traiano) 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.
Arch of Trajan: 114–117 AD Benevento: Italy: Maleventum, Beneventum Arch of Trajan: c. 109 AD Canosa di Puglia: Italy: Canusium Arch of Hadrian: c. 1st or 2nd centuries AD Capua: Italy: Capuae Arch of Augustus: 9 AD Fano: Italy: Fanum Fortunae Arch of Tiberius 18–19 AD Pompei: Italy: Pompeii: Arch of Augustus: c. 36–29 BC: Rome: Italy: Roma
The Arch of Trajan Arch of Trajan. The importance of Benevento in classical times is vouched for by the many remains of antiquity which it possesses, of which the most famous is the triumphal arch erected in honour of Trajan by the senate and people of Rome in 114, with important reliefs relating to its history.
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), Algeria
Trajan's successor Hadrian added a philosophical school adjacent to the piazza containing the Temple of Trajan. The building consisted of three parallel halls separated by annexes and was known as the Athenaeum ; it functioned variously as school, a venue for judicial proceedings, and an occasional meeting-place for the Senate.
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, at the beginning of the Decumanus Maximus and the end of the road coming from Lambaesis.
Arch of Trajan. The Arch of Trajan is a marble structure 18 metres (59 feet) high, but only 3 metres (9.8 feet) wide, standing on a high platform approached by a wide flight of steps, and is one of the finest surviving Roman monuments in the Marches.