Note 538 — BOOK XII[500]
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, Roman Emperor (circa 53-117), succeeded the Emperor Nerva in 98. The Arch of Trajan was erected at Ancona in 112; it is of white marble, stands at the end of the break-water, and is perhaps the best-proportioned of all the Roman triumphal arches.—T.