remarkable facts
major buildings
impressive architecture
purpose and meaning
dates of construction
100

Trajan’s ashes were buried inside this structure, making him the only Roman emperor buried within city walls.

What is Trajan’s Column?

100

The central open square of the forum.

 What is the Forum Proper?

100

The Forum of Trajan was the largest and most magnificent of these.

What are the Imperial Forums?

100

The forum celebrated these of Emperor Trajan.

 What are military victories?

100

The emperor who commissioned the forum.

 Who is Emperor Trajan?

200

Laws were publicly displayed on these inside the forum.

What are bronze tablets?


200

The judicial and administrative building in the complex.

What is the Basilica Ulpia?

200

The monumental scale width of the forum.

What is about 185 meters?

200

 It especially honored victories in this region.

What is Dacia?

200

 Planning began during this emperor’s reign.

Who is Emperor Domitian?

300

The spiral relief on Trajan’s Column is about this long if unwrapped.

What is about 200 meters?

300

The commemorative and funerary monument of Trajan

What is Trajan’s Column?

300

 The total length of the complex.

What is about 310 meters?

300

The forum symbolized this quality of Roman rule.

 What is imperial power and generosity?

300

Major construction occurred between these years.

What are 100–112 AD?

400

Libraries in the forum stored not just books but also these.

 What are archives and imperial documents?

400

Greek and Latin libraries located in the forum.

 What is the Bibliotheca Ulpia?

400

A major architectural feature used extensively in the forum.

What is curved architecture (hemicycles)?

400

After Trajan’s death, he was honored as this type of figure.

What is a deified figure?

400

The forum was dedicated around this year.

 What is 113 AD?

500

The forum was finished in 356 AD by this emperor.

 Who is Emperor Constantius II?

500

Curved commercial and administrative structure.

What is the Hemicycle?

500

Marble types used included Carrara, Parian, and this one.

 What is giallo antico?

500

The forum served both civic and this function.

What is commemorative?

500

Final additions were completed after this year.

What is after 117 AD?

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