North Gate

The Arch of Trajan is the northern gate of the city of Jerash. After the earthquake of 113-14 AD damaged the city, rebuilding took place under Trajan's imperial patronage; hence, the new arched north gate's dedication to Trajan as the "founder and savior of the city" in 115 AD.

This new North Gate was built about five meters to the north of the previous destroyed gate and blocks from the original gate were used to lay its foundations.

The two faces of the gate are not parallel to each other, being the north side tilted by 18 degrees. This was a device to allow the gate to line up in a straight line with the road to Pella to the north as well as with the Cardo Maximus to the south.

The flanking bastions were later Byzantine additions. And it seems that for a time the Arch of Trajan was a freestanding monument until the walls were added at a later time.

The dedication to Trajan is visible above the arch on the south side.

Amazing.

Ottimo l'inizio della visita al sito... Arco di Adriano ben ricostruito con nicchia di sinistra allo stato non ristrutturato

البوابة الشمالية في مدينة جرش الأثرية
وتعرف ببوابة دمشق

In the 63 AD Roman period  the city of Jerash achieved great prosperity. In AD 106, the Emperor Trajan constructed roads throughout the province, and more trade came to Jerash.
The North Gate of Jerash, Roman Gerasa,
Dedicated to Trajan in 115 CE and the main entrance gate of the city.

The North Decumanus* and the northern part of the Cardo were laid out in the late 1st century AD as part of the overall planning of the city. However, the paving of the North Decumanus and the addition of colonnades did not take place until later, probably starting in 165/166 AD, when a representative access road to the meeting place of the city delegates in the bouleuterion (North Theater), and to other city facilites in the area west of the Cardo was needed. However, this east-west connection was probably never completed, because it did not reach the northwest gate, and east of the Tetrapylon the road remained unpaved and without colonnades.(Universes of universe)