basilica iulia
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Basilica Iulia. By Peter Brewster Baugh. (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_umhSvWEgx2c/TON3sZFeiSI/AAAAAAAAG9w/JJYt8CG57-o/s1600/basilica_iulia_1.jpg. Location. Below is a map of a Roman Forum Basilica Iulia is located on the south east side of the forum. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Basilica IuliaBy Peter Brewster Baugh
Location• Below is a map of a Roman Forum• Basilica Iulia is located on the south east side
of the forum
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How was it built?
• Built by Julius Caesar (below)• Dedicated in 46 BCE• Paid for by spoils from the Gaelic war
http://warandgame.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/juliuscaesar.jpg
The finished product
• Caesar was killed before the project was finished
• Finished by his adopted son Augustus
Picture from http://annoyzview.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/murder_julian_cesar_b.jpg
What it looked like
• Though since excavated, Basilica Iulia may have looked like this:
http://maitaly.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/12julia.jpg
Uses• Basilica Iulia was used for many things• It had courts and shops• Used for sessions of Centumviri (court of private law)• Also used for business and as a meeting place
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Size• 101 x 49 meters• Around the size of an American Football field
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Remains
• Was excavated in the 1800s
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Bibliography
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_Julia
• http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Basilica_Julia.html
• http://www.sportsknowhow.com/football/field-dimensions/football-field-dimensions.html