Forum - Rome - Forum and market of Trajan

Question 1

When?

Answer 1

106-113 AD

Question 2

Where was it when compared to the main forum?

Answer 2

North west

Question 3

What huge project was faced when building this forum?

Answer 3

Digging out Quirinal Hill

Question 4

What was the main square bordered by?

Answer 4

Two porticoes

Question 5

How long were the two porticoes?

Answer 5

112m

Question 6

What paving was in the square?

Answer 6

Marble

Question 7

What was the forum divided by?

Answer 7

Gigantic Basilica Ulpia

Question 8

What wasn’t there access to in the square?

Answer 8

Trajan’s temple

Question 9

What was constructed nearby at the same time?

Answer 9

Trajan’s market

Question 10

What did Trajan’s market provide?

Answer 10

Modern commercial and residential buildings

Question 11

What was Trajan’s temple’s relationship with the forum?

Answer 11

It was detached

Question 12

What did Trajan’s temple outdo?

Answer 12

Augustus’ in size and beauty

Question 13

How many storeys did the Basilica Ulpia have?

Answer 13

2

Question 14

What was the basilica ulpia?

Answer 14

Civil building

Question 15

What was the entrance of the basilica ulpia screened by?

Answer 15

10 columns

Question 16

What was the forum built from?

Answer 16

Stoa-lined piazza with exedrae on two sides

Question 17

How big was the stoa-lined piazza?

Answer 17

200 x 120 m

Question 18

Where’s the main entrance of the forum?

Answer 18

Southern side

Question 19

What is at the southern entrance?

Answer 19

Triumphal arch with statue of Trajan in a 6-horse chariot

Question 20

Where is the basilica ulpia?

Answer 20

North end of the piazza

Question 21

What was the flooring like at the basilica ulpia?

Answer 21

Cobbled with rectangular blocks of white marble

Question 22

What was the large equestrian statue of?

Answer 22

Trajan

Question 23

What is on either side of the piazza?

Answer 23

Markets, also housed by the exedrae

Question 24

Where was the smaller piazza?

Answer 24

North of the Basilica

Question 25

What did the smaller piazza have?

Answer 25

Temple dedicated to Trajan

Question 26

What two libraries are in the forum?

Answer 26

One housing latin documents, and the other greek documents.

Question 27

Where was Trajan’s column?

Answer 27

Between the two libraries

Question 28

How tall was Trajan’s column?

Answer 28

38 m