basilica
thumb|Digital reconstruction of the 2nd century BC Basilica Sempronia, in the [[Forum Romanum]] thumb|19th century reconstruction of the 2nd century AD Basilica Ulpia, part of the [[Trajan's Forum, Rome]] thumb|Ruins of Yererouk basilica 4th–5th century AD thumb|Ruins of the late 5th century AD basilica at Mushabbak, Syria thumb|Reconstruction of the basilica at Fano from a description by its architect [[Vitruvius|alt=]]
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A basilica is a large, rectangular building type that was used in ancient Rome for public gatherings and legal proceedings, as shown by surviving examples like the Basilica Sempronia and Basilica Ulpia from the Roman period. The form was also adopted for early Christian churches, as evidenced by basilicas built in the 4th and 5th centuries AD in various regions, making it an important architectural type that bridged Roman civic and Christian religious functions.
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- Origins
- Roman Republic
- Early Empire
- Basilicas in the Roman Forum
- Late antiquity
- Basilica of Maxentius
- Constantinian period
- Valentinianic–Theodosian period
- Leonid period
- Justinianic period
- Palace basilicas
- Christian adoption of the basilica form
- Development
- Catholic basilicas
- See also
- Architecture
- References
- Citations
- General and cited sources
- External links
thumb|Digital reconstruction of the 2nd century BC Basilica Sempronia, in the [[Forum Romanum]] thumb|19th century reconstruction of the 2nd century AD Basilica Ulpia, part of the [[Trajan's Forum, Rome]] thumb|Ruins of Yererouk basilica 4th–5th century AD thumb|Ruins of the late 5th century AD basilica at Mushabbak, Syria thumb|Reconstruction of the basilica at Fano from a description by its architect [[Vitruvius|alt=]]
In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica (Greek basilike) was a large public building with multiple functions that was typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building gave its name to the basilica architectural form.