Apollodorus of Damascus

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ancient Roman architect civil engineer military engineer person

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Apollodorus of Damascus canonical	8
Apollodorus Damascenus	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Roman architect ⓘ 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 ⓘ 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 (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pantheon → oftenAttributedArchitect → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ

Apollodorus of Damascus → hasNameInLatin → Apollodorus of Damascus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apollodorus Damascenus

Trajan's Column → designer → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ

Trajan's Forum → architect → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ

Bridge over the Danube → designedBy → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ

Bridge over the Danube → associatedWith → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ

Basilica Ulpia as one of the largest basilicas in Rome → architect → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ

subject surface form: Basilica Ulpia

Basilica Ulpia → architect → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ

Baths of Trajan → architect → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ