{"id":35665,"date":"2025-08-20T10:20:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rome-roma.net\/trajans-forum\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T10:32:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:32:49","slug":"trajan-s-forum","status":"publish","type":"site","link":"https:\/\/www.rome-roma.net\/en\/trajan-s-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Trajan’s Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Built at the beginning of the 2nd century by Emperor Trajan<\/strong> and the architect Apollodorus of Damascus<\/strong>, the complex completed the sequence of the Imperial Fora<\/strong><\/a> and pushed the technical limits of Roman urban planning: part of the neighboring hill was leveled to create a vast 300-meter-wide esplanade with porticoes.<\/p>\n

Main Features of the Forum<\/h2>\n

The last of the imperial forums to be constructed, the Forum of Trajan<\/strong> was also the most impressive of its time. At its center stood the Basilica Ulpia<\/strong>, of Marcus Ulpius Traianus, measuring 170 x 60 meters, the largest basilica built in Rome, with two libraries (one Greek and one Latin), and the Column of Trajan<\/strong> (dedicated in 113), bearing the sculpted narrative of the Dacian Wars. The base of the column also carries the inscription \u201ca declarandum quantae altitudinis mons e locus tantis operibus sit egestus\u201d (To indicate how high the hill was that was removed for these works).<\/i><\/p>\n

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View of Trajan’s Forum and Markets<\/p><\/div>\n

Around its perimeter, the structures known as the Markets of Trajan<\/strong> today form the Museum of the Imperial Forums<\/strong>, where some of the site’s decorative architectural fragments are displayed. Open since November 2007, it often hosts temporary exhibitions. Recent interventions have reopened pathways and initiated partial reconstructions, while also conducting new excavations and discoveries.<\/p>\n

Notable Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n