BASILICA AEMILIA Year 11 Ancient History class MITCHELL

BASILICA AEMILIA Year 11 Ancient History class MITCHELL CRUZ! Adrian Martin, Matt Moore

HISTORY. At the end of the Punic War Rome came into closer contact with the Hellenistic world of Greece, and the increase in urban population and wealth was reflected in the construction of numerous basilicas

The Basilica Aemilia was built in 179 BC. The building consisted of two floors. Next to the forum there was a shoppingarcade. The ground was made of marble with lots of colors. The roof was covered by bronze tiles. Partly due to the basilica, the Roman Forum became a meeting place surrounded by wondrous buildings.

Innovation in Rome The use of concrete also changed the way many building facades were designed. Weight bearing columns were often replaced with decorative columns and pilasters since the concrete itself carried the building weight.

The Basilica Aemilia’s main purpose in the Roman Forum was to hold public meetings, as it was one of the Biggest buildings in the Roman Forum. The Basilica Aemilia’s Second purpose was to Have Markets just on the outdoor areas of the Basilica which was on the Northern side.

• Basilica Aemilia Today

MODERN DAY BASILICA Held the same purpose as it had the role of a gathering and had the same architectural features

Resources http: //cvrlab. org/forum/main. html excellent interactive map showing the forum, changing over time www. jmiller. demon. co. uk maps of the Roman Empire http: //penelope. uchicago. edu/Thayer/E/home. html good general site with images and content www. unicaen. fr/rome/index. php? langue=anglais- excellent geograhical tour of ancient Rome with clickable links and pictures. www. swan. ac. uk/classics/staff/dglectures/augustus/campmart- slide show on campusmartius www. geocities. com/Athens/FORUM/1274/ancient-city-by-type. html- very clear clickable map, colour coded www. italybyclick. com/vr/index. html- Modern day virtual tour of ancient sites with clickable pictures www. historylink 101. com/ancient_rome_maps. htm- Very navigable site with good links on Circus Maximus, Roman forum, Aquaducts and Building Techniques www. members. aol. com/Teacher. Net/Ancient. Rome. html- Table of contents with clickable links. Covers a wide variety of aspects but very valuable for maps of Rome at various stages of its development http: //classics. furman. edu/%7 erprior/courses/RA/RAU 2. html- A University website, probably the most valuable for this topic. A special section on Rome of the Republic it has clickable pictures of almost every major building. http: //www. owlnet. rice. edu/~arch 343/lecture 4. html- Lecture by Dr Richard Ingersoll from Rice University on Urban Planning in Rome. http: //sights. seindal. dk/sight/4_Forum_Romanum. html -good clickable photos, content and links www. vroma. org/~bmcmanus/circus. html- excellent site on Circus Maximus, pictures and content