Forum Romanum

These were the type of people that came to me everyday. Middle class Roman families...

I developed gradually, organically and piecemeal over many centuries.

Forum Romanum checked into Ancient Rome with the Emperor.

I served in Ancient Rome as a city square, meeting place and, for some time, a marketplace...

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Forum Romanum - History and Tour of the Roman Forum and Colosseum www.historyofpainters.com 2009 History and Tour of the Roman Forum including the the Arch of Titus, Temple of Saturn, Temple of Colosseum and Palentine Hill including . 2009 http://www.his...

I am a rectangular plaza surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum. It was for centuries the center of Roman public life: the site of triumphal processions and elections, venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches, and nucleus of commercial affairs. Here statues and monuments commemorated the city's great men.