Considered to be one of the world’s first shopping malls, this multi-levelled palace was a beauty to behold and was considered to be one of the wonders of the ancient world. Archaeological evidence shows that over 150 shops sold things such as flowers, fish, vegetables, fruit, cloth, and silks. Wares were brought from all over the known world were brought to be sold in the Forum, and to a Roman it must have been one excellent place to hang out. The upper level was most likely used for selling wines and oils because archaeologists found many storage jugs of varying size and shape.

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At the center of the Forum is what is known as Trajan’s column. Built to commemorate the victory over the Dacian’s (what is now modern Romania), it stood 97 feet tall and it had a frieze wrapped around it that is 650 feet long. Built in 113 AD, the column depicts armies building a bridge over his river Danube, soldiers building a fortress with Emperor Trajan looking on, and a picture of the Dacian’s attacking a fortress. There are windows in the column that let light into an interior staircase, which winds up the height of the column’s interior. When Trajan died in 117 AD his ashes were put in gold containers and placed in the base of the column.

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