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blocks, as was common in buildings of the time. Weak areas in the building may have been reinforced with travertine blocks, and the entire facade would most likely have been covered in stucco to hide the masonry as well as decorate it. The roof would have resembled those of temples and would have
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been made of wooden trusses and beams. The exterior of the roof would have been covered in tiles to protect the roof from the elements, and the interior would have been coffered to lessen the weight and finished in stucco.
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and a variety of shops, leading the belief that the land once owned by Scipio was inherited by Tiberius in 184 BC upon Scipio's death, as Tiberius was married to his daughter,
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during the Republican period. It was one of four basilicas to make up the original Roman Forum alongside the
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Excavation of the basilica revealed that it was most likely constructed using
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Buildings and structures completed in the 2nd century BC
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Basilica Sempronia is located in Rome

41°53′31″N 12°29′06″E / 41.891979°N 12.484884°E / 41.891979; 12.484884
Basilica
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus
Roman Forum
Basilica Porcia
Basilica Aemilia
Basilica Opimia
tufa

Basilica Julia
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus
Scipio Africanus
Cornelia Africana
Julius Caesar
Basilica Julia
List of monuments of the Roman Forum
John Henry Middleton
The Remains of Ancient Rome
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9780521192446

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