Apollodorus of Damascus

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Apollodorus of Damascus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman architect and engineer known for designing major imperial projects under Emperor Trajan, including monumental buildings and infrastructure across the Roman Empire.

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Generate an image of Apollodorus of Damascus (Apollodorus of Damascus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman architect and engineer known for designing major imperial projects under Emperor Trajan, including monumental buildings and infrastructure across the Roman Empire.)

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Apollodorus of Damascus canonical 13
Apollodorus Damascenus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman architect ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
military engineer ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeIn Danube frontier ⓘ
linked to: Danube limes

Roman Syria ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
allegedCauseOfDeath executed on orders of Hadrian ⓘ
associatedWith Hadrian ⓘ
Trajan ⓘ
citizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
countryOfBirth Roman Syria ⓘ
culture Greco-Roman ⓘ
designed Basilica Ulpia ⓘ
linked to: Trajan's Forum

Bridge over the Danube ⓘ
Pantheon (rebuilding under Trajan and Hadrian) ⓘ
linked to: Pantheon

Temple of Trajan ⓘ
Trajan's Column ⓘ
Trajan's Forum ⓘ
Trajan's Market ⓘ
military bridges for Trajan's campaigns ⓘ
employer Trajan ⓘ
era High Roman Empire ⓘ
fieldOfWork architecture ⓘ
civil engineering ⓘ
military engineering ⓘ
floruit 2nd century ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasNameInGreek Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Δαμασκηνός ⓘ
hasNameInLatin Apollodorus Damascenus ⓘ
influenced later Roman imperial architecture ⓘ
knownFor designing Trajanic building projects ⓘ
imperial Roman architecture ⓘ
large-scale engineering works ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
nativeLanguage Greek ⓘ
notableWork Basilica Ulpia ⓘ
linked to: Trajan's Forum

Danube Bridge of Trajan ⓘ
Trajan's Column ⓘ
Trajan's Forum ⓘ
Trajan's Market ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
participatedIn Dacian Wars (as military engineer) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Damascus ⓘ
reasonForExecution falling out of favor with Hadrian ⓘ
style Imperial Roman architecture ⓘ
workedFor Trajan ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pantheon → oftenAttributedArchitect → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ
Apollodorus of Damascus → hasNameInLatin → Apollodorus Damascenus ⓘ
linked to: Apollodorus of Damascus
Trajan's Column → designer → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ
Trajan's Forum → architect → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ
Trajan's Market → architect → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ
Danube Bridge of Trajan → designedBy → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ
Bridge over the Danube → designedBy → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ
Bridge over the Danube → associatedWith → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ
Basilica Ulpia → architect → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ
Basilica Ulpia → architect → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ
Baths of Trajan → architect → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ
Trajan's Bridge → architect → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ
Trajan's Bridge → designer → Apollodorus of Damascus ⓘ