The Forum


Photo © Nigel Davies
The forum is the centerel town life.  The largest buildings were the basilicas where legal cases were held.  Rome's population got bigger and bigger and the forum became too small so in 46 BC Julius Caesar built a new one.
Basilica Julia
There is a part in the forum called the Basilica Julia named after Julius Caesar.  It was began by him in 54 BC and fineshed after his death by his great nephew Augustus.  It was dameged by a fire almost imediately in 9 AD but it was repared and dedicated to the emperor's grandsons Gaius and Lucius.
Forum of Augustus

The forum of Augustus was ment to celerbrate
his victory over Julius Caesar's assenses.
 

Other Places in the forum

Churches and Temples

* Temple of saturn
* Temple of Castor and Pollux
* Temple of Vesta
* Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
* Temple of Romulus and Santi Cosma e Damiano
* Temple of Venus and Rome

Historic Buildings

*Basilica Aemilia
*Curia
*Basilica of Constantine and Maxentius
*House Of the Vestel Vergins
*Trajan's Markets
*Torre Delle Milizie
*Casa dei  Cavalieri di rodi
*Mamertine Prison

Museums

Antiquarium Forense

Arches and Column

*Arch of Septimius Severus
*Column of Phocas
*Arch of Titus
*Column of Trajan
*Arch of Constantine

Ancient Sites

*Rostra
*Forum of Ceasar
*Forum of Nerva

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