Severan Forum

Severan Forum

3rd century

1263

architectural elements

Libya (nation)

Labdah (deserted settlement)

Imperial (Roman)

basilicas

entrances

Severus, Lucius Septimius--Emperor of Rome--146-211

View of entrance to The Severan Basilica of Lepcis Magna at Labdah, Libya. "...its monumental development in the early thirdth century A.D. under the reign of Septimius Severus who was born in Lepcis. To commemorate this fact he endowed his native city with a huge building program in which the new forum with the basilica was one of the main projects ... The whole building program was clearly inspired by eastern examples: a wide collonaded street linked the town center with the harbour; a fountain marked the transition between two street; forum and basilica were planned adjacent to the collonaded street. But over these eastern principles the basilica was imposed as a typical Roman building, the layout of which goes back to the earlier basilica Ulpia of Trajan's forum. In fact the Severan basilica brought the plan of the Ulpia to perfection,"--Vitruvius website.

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