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Basilica Argentaria

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Brady Kiesling

Last modified Jan 13, 2026 04:26 PM — History

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.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/397225738

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.8940794095, 12.484520081

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Basilica Argentaria (AD 100 - AD 199) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Basilica Argentaria (Latin, unspecified date range)

Basilica Argentaria makes connections with:

Basilica Argentaria abuts Forum Iulium (unspecified date range)
Basilica Argentaria part of (analytical) Regio VIII (Forum Romanum) (unspecified date range)
Basilica Argentaria located at Roma (unspecified date range)

Basilica Argentaria receives connections from:

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Place type:
architectural complex

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Initial Provenance:
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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Brady Kiesling, 'Basilica Argentaria: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/397225738> [accessed: 15 February 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/397225738 |title=Places: 397225738 (Basilica Argentaria) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=February 15, 2026 5:38 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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