Basilica Ulpia as one of the largest basilicas in Rome

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Basilica Ulpia was a grand Roman civic basilica in Trajan’s Forum, renowned for its vast size, monumental architecture, and central role in the political and judicial life of ancient Rome.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman basilica
civic building
adjacentTo Trajan's Column
surface form: Trajan’s Column

Trajan's Forum
surface form: Trajan’s libraries
architect Apollodorus of Damascus
architecturalStyle Ancient Roman architecture
columnOrder Corinthian order
constructionStart circa 106 CE
country Roman Empire
dedicatedTo Trajan
surface form: Emperor Trajan
era High Roman Empire
feature apse at each short end
bronze roof tiles
central nave
double aisles
internal colonnades
rich marble decoration
two side aisles on each side of the nave
upper galleries
floorPlan rectangular basilica with apses at both ends
function administrative center
civic basilica
commercial activities
law courts
heritageDesignation part of the archaeological area of the Imperial Fora
inaugurationDate circa 112 CE
influenced early Christian basilica architecture
later Roman basilicas
length approximately 170 meters
locatedIn Trajan's Forum
surface form: Forum of Trajan

Italy
Rome
namedAfter Trajan
surface form: Marcus Ulpius Traianus
notUsedFor Christian liturgy
partOf Imperial fora of Rome
surface form: Imperial Fora

Trajan's Forum
surface form: Trajan’s Forum
pavementMaterial polychrome marble
precededBy earlier Republican basilicas in the Roman Forum
remains column bases
foundations
pavement fragments
roofMaterial gilded bronze
significance model for monumental civic architecture in the Roman Empire
one of the largest basilicas in ancient Rome
status ruin
usedFor judicial proceedings
political life of Rome
public gatherings
width approximately 60 meters

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Trajan's Forum notableFor Basilica Ulpia as one of the largest basilicas in Rome