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Trajan's Forum

Trajan's Forum is the last and largest of Rome's imperial forums, built in the early 2nd century with the spoils of the conquest of Dacia. Of its enormous monumental complex there survive today Trajan's Column, 38 metres tall, which stood between two libraries, a section of the markets and remains of the Basilica Ulpia with re-erected columns. Visitors walk through an archaeological area open to the public since 2016, free of architectural barriers, where they can get an idea of the scale of the original colonnaded square and the buildings that surrounded it.

Things to do at Trajan's Forum: 4 missions

• Explore the Temple of TrajanIdentify the Temple of Trajan among the elements that make up the complex.
• Explore the librariesLook at the two libraries on either side of the Forum, one with documents in Latin and the other in Greek.
• Explore the AteneoSee the building known as the Ateneo, made up of three parallel halls separated by annexes.
• See Trajan's ColumnAdmire Trajan's Column, which stood between the two libraries at a height of 38 m.

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