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ROMAN FORUM IN ROME

The Roman Forum is located between Palatine Hill and Capitoline Hill and was once the center of ancient Rome. It was known as the place where the Romans used to meet, do business, politics and shop. In 46BC Julius Caesar built a new forum because the old one was getting small for the increasing population of the city. Today modern Rome is 25 feet higher than the city was when the Forum was built because of the debris that has accumulated over the years. The Roman Forum today is an area of ruins of temples, arches and basilicas but still there is a lot to be seen.

Dig into the ruins and we find a lot going on. The main street, Via Sacra runs through the centre of the Forum from Capitoline Hill in the west to the Arch of Titus. Victorious generals and emperors would parade along here, finishing at the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill. The steps that run alongside the road at the main entrance to the Forum are a section of the Regia, the foundations of the house of the old Kings of Rome. This probably dates to Numa, the second king, who ruled from 715BC to 673BC. Opposite, the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina is still relatively well preserved, due to its conversion in the seventh century to the Christian church of San Lorenzo in Miranda.

- Where is the Roman Forum: Between the Capitol and the Colosseum with entrances at Via dei Fori Imperiali and Piazza del Colosseo
- How to get to the Roman Forum: By Subway/Metro to Colosseo Station on line B