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FORUM

The Forum was the center of political, As Rome’s population boomed, the Forum
commercial, and judicial life in ancient became too small. In 46 BC Julius Caesar
Rome. The largest buildings were the basilicas, built a new one, setting a precedent that was
where legal cases were heard. According to followed by emperors from Augustus to Trajan.
the playwright Plautus, the area teemed with Emperors also erected triumphal arches to
“lawyers and litigants, bankers and brokers, themselves, and just to the east Vespasian built
shopkeepers and strumpets, good-for- the Colosseum – the center of entertainment
nothings waiting for a tip from the rich.” after the business of the day was done.

Sights at a Glance a Casa dei Cavalieri di Rodi
Churches and Temples f Mamertine Prison
j Colosseum pp94–7
5 Temple of Saturn
8 Temple of Castor Museums
and Pollux t Antiquarium Forense
9 Temple of Vesta Arches and Columns
q Temple of Antoninus and Faustina 4 Arch of Septimius Severus
w Temple of Romulus and Santi 6 Column of Phocas
See also Street Finder maps Cosma e Damiano y Arch of Titus
5, 8, 9, 12 r Santa Francesca Romana o Trajan’s Column
u Temple of Venus and Rome
h Arch of Constantine
Historic Buildings Ancient Sites
1 Basilica Aemilia 3 Rostra
2 Curia s Forum of Augustus
7 Basilica Julia d Forum of Caesar
0 House of the Vestal Virgins g Forum of Nerva
e Basilica of Constantine
and Maxentius
i Trajan’s Markets pp90–91
VIA IV NOVEMBRE
p Torre delle Milizie

0 meters 200
0 yards 200

V I A T O R D E C O N T I
V I A A L E S S A N D R I N A
LARGO
VIA C URIA CORRADO V I A D E L C O L O S S E O
RICCI
V I A D E I F O R I I M P E R I A L I
VIA SACRA

Colosseo V I A N . S A LV I
V. DI S. TEODORO VIA SACRA PIAZZA DEL
COLOSSEO

Ancient ruins at the Roman Forum For keys to symbols see back flap

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