Transcript The Trajan Forum

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The Trajan Forum
By Julia Bailey
The Trajan Forum as it
looked in ancient times
http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_ima
ges/forum_trajan_drawing.jpg
Where was it located?
http://net-guide.hu/map/roma/pix/ForumAugusti.jpg
History of the Trajan Forum
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Built on the orders of emperor Trajan
Commemorated the victory over Dacia
Construction from 1o6-112 AD
Project funded by spoils from the Dacian
conquest
● Built by Apollodorus of Damascus
● The most lavish and largest forum
Inside...
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Basilica Ulpia
Libraries
Temple of Trajan
Trajan’s column
Trajan’s markets
Purposes/Uses
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Business
Celebrations
War memorial/commemoration
Public demonsrtations
The Trajan Forum as it
looks today
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia
/commons/4/4e/Trajan_Forum.j
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Bibliography
http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/forumoftrajan.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan%27s_Forum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan%27s_Forum
http://www.creatinghistory.com/trajans-forum/