The city of Timgad, close to Batna, Algeria, is home to the Roman triumphal arch known as the Arch of Trajan. It was constructed in the latter part of the second century and the first part of the third. At the start of the Decumanus Maximus and the end of the road from Lambaesis, the western gate of the city was made up of three vaulted arches. The colony was founded by Trajan in the year 100, according to the inscription on the attic. With the sides of the lateral arches separated from the wall ... (Read More)