Rome. Trajan's Market. Trajan's Market - the ruins of commercial buildings at the Trajan Forum in Rome. The five-storey shopping complex was built in the years 100-112 by Appolodor of Damascus in the form of terraces on a hillside. It housed about 150 shops, taverns, eateries, as well as points of free distribution of food to the population. Each shop had an exit (vitrina) to the street. The shops sold spices, fruits, wine, olive oil, fish, silk and other goods from the East. Wiki.