Rome part 4

Trajan’s Forum is what’s left of a public square built by the Roman emperor Trajan. I don’t know much about him, but apparently he won a few wars and built a lot of stuff in Rome that’s still around, in ruin form at least.

The main part is Trajan’s Market, which was a market in the same sense that we use it. It was basically a large shopping mall with all kinds of shops, a food court and even apartments. They also had concerts. This is where the government gave people free baskets of wheat to keep everyone in line.

Trajan’s Column is a large pole dedicated to the emperor.