When Rome defeated Carthage in the Punic wars, it became the dominating power of the Mediterranean and the supreme power of the West, and the Forum thus grew to reflect its centrality and wealth. In...
I suggest starting your tour through the Forum from above, at the arches of the Tabularium, which is the imposing building you can see under Capitoline Hill, or from the panoramic balconies behind the...
You're now at the Curia Julia, a simple and sober brick structure which is one of the best preserved monuments in the Forum, both because it was transformed into the Christian church of Sant'Adriano,...
Next to the area with the Julia Basilica, on top of a podium you can see three beautiful, grooved columns with leaf capitals holding up a piece of a lintel. They have almost become the symbol of the...
You'll likely have heard the Roman Forum's monuments praised for their great practicality that's owed to careful attention to construction techniques, the use and combination of materials,...
Until the first century BC, Palatine Hill was an elegant residential area, but when the first emperor Augustus established his official residence here, it became a fairy-tale residence: starting with...
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