Trajan S Forum Marble

Trajan s forum stood as a huge marble military camp in the heart of the city.

Trajan s forum marble.

A high relief frieze ran along the attic perhaps the same panels that were reused to decorate the arch of constantine. Unlike the open square and spacious forum trajan s market was a dense multi storied structure set up for public trading. Trajan s forum had dozens of statues of handsome bearded dacian warriors a proud marble army in the very heart of rome. A coin shows the façade divided into three sections.

The basilica was the largest ever built in rome 170 meters long. Trajan s forum with trajan s market in the background. 3 7 meters in width and is made from 20 marble drums which each weigh 32 tons. However undoubtedly its most impressive feature is the 190 meter long decorative frieze that winds around the column 23 times.

The open space of the forum measured about 300 feet by 380 feet and was paved entirely in carrara marble. The message seems intended for romans not the surviving dacians most. Trajan s column monument that was erected in 106 113 ce by the roman emperor trajan and survives intact in the ruins of trajan s forum in rome. The marble column is of the roman doric order and it measures 125 feet 38 metres high together with the pedestal or base which contains a chamber that served as trajan s tomb.