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Roman basilica was a central public building used by imperial officials, city magistrate, where courts were held, as well as serving other official and public functions. The basilica of Smyrna is one of the largest known basilicas of the Roman Empire, after the Trajan`s basilica of Rome. It was three storey structure 160 m long and 29 m wide.
See:
- Burak Yolaçan, The Agora Basilica, Smyrna, in: SOMA 2011: Proceedings of the 15th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, held at the University of Catania 3–5 March 2011, BAR International Series 2695 (I) 2015, pp. 399-405