Basilica Argentaria

archaeological site · 100 AD – 199 AD

The toponym "Basilica Argentaria" is a descriptor that appears in fourth-century CE sources for a porticoed complex that dates to the reign of Trajan. This complex was built between the slope of the Capitoline Hill and the Forum Iulium during the terraforming of the Quirinal Hill that created space for the construction of the Forum and Markets of Trajan.