Trajan's Market

Trajan's Market

107-110

1539

Apollodoros of Damascus

Bugbee, Gordon (photograph)

Roman

Single Built Works

Italy (nation)

Rome (inhabited place)

Imperial (Roman)

marketplaces

Detail view hemicycle section of Trajan's Market in Rome, Italy. "The complex was built at one end of Trajan’s Forum and includes buildings that had a number of different functions, predominantly commercial. Constructed on three different levels into the terraced hillside behind, access to the various parts was provided via connecting staircases. The ground level shallow alcoves opened onto a street and were used for small shops whilst there were more shops in the arcades above. The ground level alcoves are of uneven depth due to the fact that they were constructed following the bedrock of the hill. Originally, they would have all been framed with travertine, extending their capacity for displaying goods. One alcove (5th from the left) has been restored to illustrate the original look and also has the typical window above the lintel. On the upper level, access staircases were built at each end of via Biberatica running above the semicircular façade. The large uppermost central building was used as an apartment block, and the large structure further left functioned as a covered shopping arcade. In front of the whole complex, separated by a tufa wall but accessible through a large central gateway, was the Exhedra and Porticus of Trajan’s Forum,"----Ancient History Encyclopedia (website).

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