. Architecture, classic and early Christian . ing magistratesat to hear causes tried. Four* of these buildings arementioned by ancient writers as having existed in repub-lican times, viz. the Basilica Portia, erected in 184, byCato the Censor; the Basilica Emilia et Fulvia, erected 179 by the censors M. Fulvius Nobilior and M. .^miliusLepidus, and afterwards enlarged and called the Basilica * The passage in Varro, wljich is the sole authority for the , is generally cousidered to he corruiit. ROMAN. 155 Paulli; the r> Scnipvonia, erected in 1G9 by-Tib.
. Architecture, classic and early Christian . ing magistratesat to hear causes tried. Four* of these buildings arementioned by ancient writers as having existed in repub-lican times, viz. the Basilica Portia, erected in 184, byCato the Censor; the Basilica Emilia et Fulvia, erected 179 by the censors M. Fulvius Nobilior and M. .^miliusLepidus, and afterwards enlarged and called the Basilica * The passage in Varro, wljich is the sole authority for the , is generally cousidered to he corruiit. ROMAN. 155 Paulli; the r> Scnipvonia, erected in 1G9 by-Tib. Seniproiiius Giacclius ; and the Basilica Julia, erectedby Julius Ctesar, 46. All these buildings had woodenroofs, and were of no great architectural merit, and theyperished at a remote date. Under tlie Empire, basilicasof much greater size and magniticence were erected; andremains of that of Trajan, otherwise called the BasilicaUlpia, have been excavated in the Forum of was about 3G0 ft. long by 180 ft. wide, had four rows. ^^P^ B H B^^fpi W9 EB !.iHiaBi3BH5aEBaE(E B [1(3 BBSBBEBBBSBESBSBlsiB B 1171 a B H J3 B 3 H ffla p B a Ma B a B [|a HBEHBHBBHEHEBBEBBfS B 113 EBBBBBSBBBBBHBBBBa H Js Fig. 130.—Groond-plan of the Basilica Ulpia, of columns inside, and is supposed to have been coveredby a semicircular wooden roof. Apollodorus of Damascuswas the architect of this building. Another basilica ofAvhich remains exist is that of INIaxentius, Avhich, after hisoverthrow by Constantine in 312, was known as theBasilica Constantiniana. This structure was of stone, andhad a vaulted roof; it was 195 ft. between the walls, andwas divided into tlir(;e ai-^les by piers with enormouscolumns standing in front of them. One provincial basilica, that at Treves, still stands;and although it must have been considerably altered, it 156 CLASSIC AUCHITECTURE. is by far tlio best existing example of this kind ofbuilding. The internal columns do not exist here, a
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