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Bibliography
- Peter J. Aicher. Rome Alive, Volume I. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers Inc: Wauconda, Illinois, 2004.
- Amanda Claridge. Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide. Oxford University Press: New York, 1998.
- Michael Grant. The Roman Forum. Weidenfeld & Nicolson: London, 1970.
- Guiseppe Lugli. The Roman Forum and the Palatine. Bardi: Roma, 1961.
- Pietro Romanelli. The Roman Forum. Istituto poligrafico dello stato: Roma, 1965.
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Rome fancied celebrating its military conquests and victories. Victorious generals and legions would parade through the streets of Rome after an important battle, often to grand hoopla and celebration. Along with these processions, many commemorative monuments would be built to forever immortalize the grandeur that was Rome. Triumphal arches were one type... [continue reading]
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By definition, a forum in Ancient Rome was meant as a gathering place for the people. Commercial exploits were obviously highly successful in the merchant forums of Rome, where all matter of food products and the citizens of the city could buy other necessities from local and traveling merchants. Beginning early in Rome’s history, during the period... [continue reading]
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The temple was an important physical and ceremonial structure in any Roman city. Originally a gathering place (a templum), the temple evolved into a place for people to gather, to worship gods and deified emperors, and to perform ceremonial sacrifices and rites. The temples of the Forum Romanum, particularly from the period of the Roman Republic (509 &ndash... [continue reading]
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The temples built in the Forum Romanum during the Imperial era (27 B.C. – A.D. 476) were largely built to commemorate mortal men who had been deified after death. These were usually Emperors of Rome who had been particularly influential and popular. Temple of Caesar – Built in honor of Julius Caesar by Augustus in 29 B.C., this temple stood... [continue reading]
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The Forum Romanum was the main and central forum of the city of Rome. It became the economic, political, and religious center of the city in early Republican times, around the seventh century B.C. It continued to be an important functional and symbolic area of Rome through the city – and the Empire’s – evolution, and changed along with... [continue reading]
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c. 800 BCE
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c. 700 BCEThe Regia is built in the Roman Forum.
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c. 700 BCELapis Niger is installed in the Roman Forum.
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c. 650 BCEThe original Curia is built in the Roman Forum.
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c. 600 BCEBuilding of the Cloaca Maxima to drain the Roman Forum.
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184 BCECato builds the Basilica Porcia.
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179 BCEThe Basilica Aemilia is built.
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80 BCESulla restores the Curia.
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52 BCEFaustus restores the Curia.
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46 BCEThe Basilica Julia is built.
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29 BCEAugustus builds the Curia Julia.
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203 CEThe Arch of Septimius Severus is built.
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608 CEThe Column of Phocas is built.
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630 CEThe Curia Julia is repurposed as a church.
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