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Trajan's Forum
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Trajan's Forum was the last of the Imperial fora to be constructed in ancient Rome. The architect Apollodorus of Damascus oversaw its construction. monumental square in Rome
Key facts
- Location
- Regio VIII Forum Romanum
- Type
- Imperial fora
- Builder
- Emperor Trajan
- Founded
- 106–112 AD
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- inception
- 0100-00-00
- Commons category
- Trajan's Forum (Rome)
- topic's main category
- Category:Trajan's Forum
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- Trajan's Forum
- native label
- Forum Traiani
- culture
- Ancient Rome
- commissioned by
- Trajan
- described at URL
- dati.beniculturali.it/iccd/schede/resource/CulturalInstituteOrSite/S015503_Foro_di_Traiano
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- IIIF manifest URL
- gn.biblhertz.it/fotothek/api/iiif/3/werk/obj08045644/manifest
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Encyclopedic overview
Trajan's Forum (Latin: Forum Traiani; Italian: Foro di Traiano) was the last of the Imperial fora to be constructed in ancient Rome. The architect Apollodorus of Damascus oversaw its construction.
History
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