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Rome: Basilica of Maxentius exterior (photo 2001)
Forum: Exterior of the Basilica of Maxentius (photo: Athena Review 2001)
The
three surviving arches of the basilica were part of a huge
public structure (100 x 65 m) built by Maxentius and Constantine I. It
was used as the seat of city prefects and for judicial hearings or
tribunals against senators.
In AD 626, Pope Honorius I removed bronze plaques from the roof to use on the old Basilica of St. Peters.
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