Ulpian Library

[10] The library was a two level structure with high vaulted ceilings to take advantage of the natural lighting.

The interior walls were divided into bays by columns "set opposite pilasters that framed the niches which held the books and scrolls.

"In addition, there were archival materials, such as praetorian edicts and senatorial decrees, as well as Caesar's autobiography and Trajan's commentaries on the Dacian Wars, of which now only a few words survive.

The digital reconstruction shows the view from inside the west (Greek) library, through what would have been bronze screens into the portico, where the base of the Column of Trajan can be seen.

Portions of the floor and the podium of one of the walls survive allowed for the digital reconstruction of the library interior.