Forum - Rome - Forum and market of Trajan Flashcards
When?
106-113 AD
Where was it when compared to the main forum?
North west
What huge project was faced when building this forum?
Digging out Quirinal Hill
What was the main square bordered by?
Two porticoes
How long were the two porticoes?
112m
What paving was in the square?
Marble
What was the forum divided by?
Gigantic Basilica Ulpia
What wasn’t there access to in the square?
Trajan’s temple
What was constructed nearby at the same time?
Trajan’s market
What did Trajan’s market provide?
Modern commercial and residential buildings
What was Trajan’s temple’s relationship with the forum?
It was detached
What did Trajan’s temple outdo?
Augustus’ in size and beauty
How many storeys did the Basilica Ulpia have?
2
What was the basilica ulpia?
Civil building
What was the entrance of the basilica ulpia screened by?
10 columns
What was the forum built from?
Stoa-lined piazza with exedrae on two sides
How big was the stoa-lined piazza?
200 x 120 m
Where’s the main entrance of the forum?
Southern side
What is at the southern entrance?
Triumphal arch with statue of Trajan in a 6-horse chariot
Where is the basilica ulpia?
North end of the piazza
What was the flooring like at the basilica ulpia?
Cobbled with rectangular blocks of white marble
What was the large equestrian statue of?
Trajan
What is on either side of the piazza?
Markets, also housed by the exedrae
Where was the smaller piazza?
North of the Basilica
What did the smaller piazza have?
Temple dedicated to Trajan
What two libraries are in the forum?
One housing latin documents, and the other greek documents.
Where was Trajan’s column?
Between the two libraries
How tall was Trajan’s column?
38 m
