Would you like to hear about a spectacular building? By reading this you will go back
in time and travel to the basilica. One reason why the
basilica was so amazing is because they used it to hold court. They held court
in a large room with marble floor. Senators would help the emperor decide what
was going to happen to the person they were judging. Eventually the army would
come and take the person to jail. The
second reason the basilica was so great was because of the door. The basilica
had huge, ginormous bronze doors for getting lots of people in, and out. The
doors to the roman senate house are still standing from 1,000 years ago! The
third reason the roman senate house is so wonderful is because of its
dimensions. It was 31.6 feet tall, 57.1 feet wide and 82.7 feet long. It was
one of the tallest buildings in the Roman Empire .
The last reason the roman basilica was so spectacular is how it fell down and
was rebuilt. When Julius Ceaser’s senate house was burned down in a fire in the
late 200s AD the emperor had a new senate house built to replace it. The senate
house that was rebuilt is still standing in the same place in the forum today.
Amazing! Now you know four things about the basilica.
By: Elizabeth Katovich
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