Apollodorus of Damascus
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Apollodorus of Damascus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman architect and engineer known for designing major imperial projects under Emperor Trajan, including monumental buildings and infrastructure across the Roman Empire.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apollodorus Damascenus | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman architect
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civil engineer ⓘ military engineer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Danube limes
ⓘ
surface form:
Danube frontier
Roman Syria ⓘ Rome ⓘ |
| allegedCauseOfDeath | executed on orders of Hadrian ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hadrian
ⓘ
Trajan ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Roman Syria ⓘ |
| culture | Greco-Roman ⓘ |
| designed |
Trajan's Forum
ⓘ
surface form:
Basilica Ulpia
Bridge over the Danube ⓘ Pantheon ⓘ
surface form:
Pantheon (rebuilding under Trajan and Hadrian)
Temple of Trajan ⓘ Trajan's Column ⓘ Trajan's Forum ⓘ Trajan's Market ⓘ military bridges for Trajan's campaigns ⓘ |
| employer | Trajan ⓘ |
| era | High Roman Empire ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
ⓘ
civil engineering ⓘ military engineering ⓘ |
| floruit | 2nd century ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasNameInGreek | Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Δαμασκηνός ⓘ |
| hasNameInLatin |
Apollodorus of Damascus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Apollodorus Damascenus
|
| influenced | later Roman imperial architecture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
designing Trajanic building projects
ⓘ
imperial Roman architecture ⓘ large-scale engineering works ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Greek
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Trajan's Forum
ⓘ
surface form:
Basilica Ulpia
Danube Bridge of Trajan ⓘ Trajan's Column ⓘ Trajan's Forum ⓘ Trajan's Market ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
ⓘ
engineer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Dacian Wars (as military engineer) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Damascus ⓘ |
| reasonForExecution | falling out of favor with Hadrian ⓘ |
| style | Imperial Roman architecture ⓘ |
| workedFor | Trajan ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Apollodorus Damascenus