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Basilica Iulia

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.

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Basilica Iulia

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  1. Basilica Iulia By Peter Brewster Baugh (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_umhSvWEgx2c/TON3sZFeiSI/AAAAAAAAG9w/JJYt8CG57-o/s1600/basilica_iulia_1.jpg

  2. Location • Below is a map of a Roman Forum • Basilica Iulia is located on the south east side of the forum http://www.old-print.com/mas_assets/full/D1011893122.jpg

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. What it looked like • Though since excavated, Basilica Iulia may have looked like this: http://maitaly.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/12julia.jpg

  6. 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 http://www.mitchellteachers.org/WorldHistory/AncientRome/Images/RomanDailyLifeLaw&OrderPlacard.jpg

  7. Size • 101 x 49 meters • Around the size of an American Football field http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4519348023_940721b220.jpg

  8. Remains • Was excavated in the 1800s http://sights.seindal.dk/crop/7833/960x720+468+256=320x240.jpg

  9. 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

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