The Roman emperor Trajan built triumphal arches all over the Roman empire during his reign. Intriguingly, however, when it came to commemorating his achievements in Rome itself, he chose a column not the more standard arch. Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus (September 18, 53 – August 9, 117), Roman Emperor (98-117), commonly called Trajan, was the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Roman Empire. ... Arc de Triomphe, Paris The Gateway of India, Mumbai, India A triumphal arch is a structure in the shape of a monumental archway, usually built to celebrate a victory in war. ... Trajans Column. ...

They include ones at

• Ancona

In marble and 61 feet high, erected in 114/115 AD as an entrance to the causeway atop the harbor wall in honour of Trajan's creation of the harbour there. Most of its original bronze enrichments have disappeared. It stands on a high podium approached by a wide flight of steps. The archway, only 10 ft 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, his wife Plotina and sister Marciana, would be a landmark for ships approaching Rome's greatest Adriatic port.[1] Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of northeastern Italy, population 100,507 (2001). ... Events First year of Yuanchu era of the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty. ... Events Pope Sixtus I succeeds Pope Alexander I Jews in Egypt and Cyrene ignite a revolt against the rule of the Roman Empire, which spreads to Cyprus, Judea, and the Roman province of Mesopotamia. ... The Corinthian order as used for the portico of the Pantheon, Rome provided a prominent model for Renaissance and later architects, through the medium of engravings. ... Detail from the Arch of Titus showing spoils from the Sack of Jerusalem The Arch of Titus is a triumphal arch with a single arched opening, located on the Summa Sacra Via to the west of the Forum in Rome. ... Wife of Roman Emperor Trajan (reigned 117-138 CE). ... Ulpia Marciana was the sister of Roman Emperor Trajan. ...

• Beneventum

Erected in honour of Trajan by the senate and people of Rome in 114, with important reliefs relating to his civil and military deeds and virtues and the history of the Via Traiana (whose entrance into Beneventum it marked). Enclosed in the walls on its construction, it is now free-standing at the end of a vista. Benevento is a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 32 miles northeast of Naples. ... Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus (September 18, 53 – August 9, 117), Roman Emperor (98-117), commonly called Trajan, was the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Roman Empire. ... The Roman Senate (Latin, Senatus) was a deliberative body which was important in the government of both the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... Events First year of Yuanchu era of the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty. ...

• Mérida, Spain