Basilica Iulia

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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

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The finished product

• Caesar was killed before the project was finished

• Finished by his adopted son Augustus

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What it looked like

• Though since excavated, Basilica Iulia may have looked like this:

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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