1. Forum of Trajan Lucy Cohen

2. Location ● Via dei Fori Imperiali, 00186 Rome, Italy http://www.tagdesignstudios.com/Teach/italhistfinal/ Roman-structures/Roman-structures- Pages/Image157.html http://quartomese.com/Pix/italy/lazioRo meTrajanMarket/lazioRomeTrajanMark et.htm

3. Origin of the Forum ● Who built it: Apollodorus of Damascus ● When: Created between 107 AD and 113 AD Forum-112 AD Column-113 AD ● Why: to be the political and government center of the Roman Empire

4. Parts of the Forum ● Basilica ● 2 libraries ● markets ● temple ● column http://www.crystalinks.co m/trajan.html https://www.oneonta.edu/faculty /farberas/arth/arth109/arth109_ sl14.html

5. Layout Plan http://www.utexas.edu/courses/an cientfilmCC304/lecture31/detail.p hp?linenum=27 https://www.oneonta.edu/faculty/far beras/arth/ARTH209/roman_archite cture.htm

6. Trajan’s Column ● built in 113 AD ● honor Emperor Trajan ● front of the Forum ● band of reliefs around the column ●shows the story of Trajan fighting in Dacia

7. Pictures of the Column http://www.sandrashaw.com/AH1L26. htm https://www.bluffton.edu/~luginbuhlg/ moreeurope.htm https://www2.bc.edu/~shawlc/Trajan's%20Colu mn.html

8. Trajan’s Market ● shops, offices, warehouses(upper levels) ● merchants sold goods(lower level)-tabernae ● 107 and 110 AD ● built by Damascus out of brick and concrete ● on the side of Quirinal Hill ● Great Hall-concerts or speeches

9. Pictures of the market http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/traja nsmarket.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I mperial_fora

10. Importance/Use of the Forum ● Public Ceremonies ● Poetry and Conferences ● Court hearings and ceremonies(Basilica) ● archive for the roman state(Library) ● show messages of propaganda ● shopping area(Market)

11. Pictures of the Forum today http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trajan's_F orum.jpg http://shell.cas.usf.edu/~d emilio/images/rome/trajan/ trajan.htm http://www.panoramio.com/photo/55939748

12. Pictures of the Forum in ancient times http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki /Trajan's_Forum http://www.maquettes - historiques.net/P24c.ht ml http://www.proun- game.com/ForumT rajani/EN%20fram es.html

13. Bibliography http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/forumoftrajan.htm http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/trajanscolumn.htm http://www.aviewoncities.com/rome/trajansmarket.htm http://www.capitolium.org/eng/fori/traiano.htm

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