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e . Basilica of
Constantine and
Maxentius QUIRINAL
The stark remains
of the basilica’s huge CAPITOL ESQUILINE
arches and ceilings
give some idea of FORUM
the original scale and
grandeur of the Forum’s AVENTINE PALATINE
public buildings.
Locator Map
See Central Rome Map pp16–17

r Santa Francesca
Romana
The church takes its name
from a saint who cared
for the Roman poor in
the 15th century.

t Antiquarium Forense
A small museum houses
V I A D E I F O R I I M P E R I A L I
archaeological finds made
in the Forum. They include
this frieze of Aeneas and
the Founding of Rome
from the Basilica Aemilia.

Colonnade
surrounding Temple
of Venus and Rome

u Temple of Venus
and Rome
V I A S A C R A
These extensive ruins are
of a magnificent temple,
built here in AD 121 by
Ruined the Emperor Hadrian,
Baths largely to his own design.
To the
Palatine
Key
y Arch of Titus Suggested route
This 19th-century
reconstruction shows
how the arch may have
looked when it spanned 0 meters 75
the flagstone roadway 0 yards 75
of the Via Sacra.

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