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The Roman Forum (Forum Romanum, although the Romans called it more often the Forum Magnum or just the Forum) was the central area around which ancient Rome developed, in which commerce, prostitution, cult, and the administration of justice took place. The communal hearth was also located here.

The Forum is often less crowded than the neighboring Colliseum, but holds even more history. Open Mo-Sa 9am-6pm (summer), 9am-3pm (winter), Sundays 9am-1pm year-round. Admission free.

Tip:It is possible to hire an audioguide for €4 from a small booth just above the Arch of Titus near the Coliseum. These audioguides contain an audio jack meaning that two people can easily share one.

• the Temple of Antoninus Pius and Faustina - built in 141 AD and dedicated to the empress Faustina; after her husband emperor Antoninus Pius died in 161 AD the temple was rededicated to the couple.
• the Basilica Aemilia - completed in 179 BC
• the Curia (Senate House) - the 4th rebuilding of the meeting place for the Roman Senate, once converted into a church during the Middle Ages, but now restored since the 1930s
• the Lapis Niger (Black Stone)
• the Arch of Septimius Severus - erected in 203
• the Temple of Saturn
• the Temple of Julius Caesar - finished in 29 BC, marks the spot of Caesar's spontaneous cremation and Mark Antony's funeral speech, made famous by Shakespeare in his play ("Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears....")
• the Temple of Castor and Pollux
• the Arch of Titus - built in 81 AD by the emperor Domition in dedication to his brother Titus, who died earlier that year and reigned as emperor from 79-81, overseeing the opening of the Colosseum in 80 and the eruption of Mt Vesuvius the previous year.

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Sacred & profane
Made by klausthebest
This is Antoninus and Faustina temple, which has been able to keep in very good condition until today, thanks to its conversion into a church (San Lorenzo in Miranda) between the seventh and eighth centuries A.D. The temple was built in 141 A.D. by emperor Antoninus Pius in memory of his wife Faustina and thereafter was dedicated to the emperor by the Senate after his death in 161 AD, as an inscription on the architrave. The temple stands on a high podium made of peperino marble blocks (peperino is a particular kind of marble), preceded by a staircase (rebuilt on the old) in the middle which you can see the remains of marble brick. The pronaos consists of ten cipolin marble columns, six on the front and two on each side, 17 metres high and with bases and corinthian capitals in white marble. On top of the columns, visible angular grooves were traced to hold the strings with which It tried in vain to bringing down the building in order to recover materials. The cell, as amended by the Baroque facade of the church, was also made by peperino blocks and was covered with marble.


Heaven's the witness
Made by vaneska~tHOmz
Arch of Septimius Severus ~ The Roman Forum, Italy. Inscription translated : To the Emperor Septimius Severus, Son of Marcus, Pius, Pertinax, Pater Patriae, Parthicus Arabicus, Parthicus Adiabenicus, Pontifex Maximus, having held the tribunician power 11 times, acclaimed emperor 11 times, Consul 3 times, Proconsul, and Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Caracalla), Son of Lucius, Antoninus, Augustus Pius, Felix, having held the auspicious tribunician power 6 times, Consul, Proconsul, Pater Patriae, Highest and Strongest Princes for having restored the State and enlarged the Empire of the Roman people, by their visible strengths at home and abroad, the Senate and People of Rome, made this. WOW! That's quite a mouthful!


Stone on the left of the Lapis Niger - Forum Romanum - Rome
Made by Blazing Productions
Stone on the left of the Lapis Niger - Forum Romanum - Rome - Italy Blazing Productions : : Forum Europae Label/Mailorder Forum with a focus on the preservation and celebration of Indo-European Spirituality and Culture.


Temple of Castor and Pollux
Made by Mtl_Shag
The three columns left from the Temple of Castor and Pollux in the Forum, Rome, Italy. It was finished in 484 B.C. as thanks to Castor and Pollux, (the Dioscuri or twins of Gemini) for their mythical aid in the battle of Lake Regillus.


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Made by Jason Rainbird
www.jasonrainbird.com

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