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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.
Name Date Modern city Modern country Ancient name Arch of Caracalla: 216 AD Djémila: Algeria: Cuicul, Curculum Arch of Caracalla: 211–214 AD Tébessa: Algeria: Theveste: Arch of Trajan: c. 2nd or 3rd centuries AD Timgad: Algeria: Marciana Traiana Thamugadi Arch of Marcus Aurelius (Markouna) c. 2nd AD Tazoult: Algeria: Verecunda Heidentor
Timgad (Arabic: تيمقاد, romanized: Tīmqād, known as Marciana Traiana Thamugadi) was a Roman city in the Aurès Mountains of Algeria. It was founded by the Roman Emperor Trajan around 100 AD. The full name of the city was Colonia Marciana Ulpia Traiana Thamugadi .
Arch of Trajan may refer to: Arch of Trajan (Ancona), Italy; ... Arch of Trajan (Rome), Italy; Arch of Trajan (Timgad), Algeria This page was last edited ...
Arch of Septimius Severus (Leptis Magna) Arch of Trajan (Timgad) C. Arches of Claudius; H. Arch of Hadrian (Athens) Hadrian's Gate; Heidentor; M. Monumental Arch of ...
The Monument of the Dead is on one side of the bridge on the Sidi M'Cid hill. The monument is a replica of the Arch of Trajan in Timgad and commemorates the people of Constantine who laid down their lives fighting for France in the First World War. There is a natural bridge below the Sidi M'Cid bridge which blocks the view of the river from the ...
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The longest segmental arch bridge was the c. 1,100 m long Trajan's Bridge, whose wooden superstructure was supported by twenty concrete piers. [2] The Bridge at Limyra in modern-day Turkey, consisting of twenty-six flat brick arches, features the greatest lengths of all extant masonry structures in this category (360 m).