Roman Forum
The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum, is a rectangular forum surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the centre of the city of Rome.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Ancient Roman center of the city, a landmark of Rome, Italy
- Also known as: “Forum Romanum”
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Temple of Caesar and Basilica Julia.
Temple of Caesar
Archaeological site
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The Temple of Caesar or Temple of Divus Iulius, also known as Temple of the Deified Julius Caesar, delubrum, heroon or Temple of the Comet Star, was an ancient structure in the Roman Forum of Rome, Italy, located near the Regia and the Temple of Vesta.
Basilica Julia
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The Basilica Julia was a civil basilica in the Roman Forum. Construction began under Julius Caesar in 46 BCE and was completed by Augustus, who ultimately dedicated the basilica to Gaius and Lucius Caesar in 12 CE.
Arch of Titus
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The Arch of Titus is a 1st-century AD honorific arch, located on the Via Sacra, Rome, just to the south-east of the Roman Forum. It was constructed in c. Arch of Titus is situated 310 metres southeast of Roman Forum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitoline Hill and Palatine Hill.
Capitoline Hill
Locality
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The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. The hill was earlier known as Mons Saturnius, dedicated to the god Saturn.
Palatine Hill
Locality
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The Palatine Hill, which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".
Colosseo
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The Colosseo district is the heart of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.
Roman Forum
- Categories: square, tourist attraction, forum, real property, tourist destination, roman ruins, and tourism
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Roman Forum” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Forum Romanum”
- Arabic: “منتدى روماني”
- Armenian: “Հռոմի ֆորում”
- Basque: “Erromako foroa”
- Basque: “Erromako Foroa”
- Basque: “Erromatar foroa”
- Basque: “Forum Romanum”
- Belarusian: “Рымскі форум”
- Belarusian: “Рымскі Форум”
- Bengali: “ফোরো রোমানো”
- Bosnian: “Forum Romanum”
- Bosnian: “Rimski forum”
- Bulgarian: “Римски форум”
- Catalan: “Foro Romano”
- Catalan: “Fòrum Romà”
- Catalan: “Forum Romanum”
- Chinese: “古罗马广场”
- Chinese: “古罗马遗迹”
- Chinese: “古羅馬廣場”
- Croatian: “Forum Romanum”
- Croatian: “Rimski forum”
- Czech: “Forum Romanum”
- Danish: “Forum romano”
- Danish: “Forum Romanum”
- Dutch: “Forum Romanum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “منتدى رومانى”
- Esperanto: “Roma Forumo”
- Estonian: “Forum Romanum”
- Estonian: “Rooma foorum”
- Finnish: “Forum Romanum”
- French: “Forum de Rome”
- French: “Forum Magnum”
- French: “Forum romain”
- French: “Forum Romain”
- French: “Forum Romanum”
- French: “Forum Vetus”
- Galician: “Foro Romano”
- Georgian: “რომაული ფორუმი”
- German: “Forum Romanum”
- German: “Roman forum”
- Greek: “Ρωμαϊκή Αγορά”
- Greek: “Ρωμαϊκό Φόρουμ”
- Hebrew: “הפורום הרומאי”
- Hebrew: “הפורום”
- Hebrew: “פורו רומאנו”
- Hebrew: “פורו רומנו”
- Hebrew: “פורום רומאנום”
- Hebrew: “פורום רומנום”
- Hindi: “फोरम”
- Hindi: “रोमन फोरम”
- Hungarian: “Forum Romanum”
- Icelandic: “Forum Romanum”
- Indonesian: “Forum Romawi”
- Irish: “Fóram na Róimhe”
- Italian: “foro Romano”
- Italian: “Foro Romano”
- Japanese: “フォルム・ローマーヌム”
- Japanese: “フォルム・ロマヌム”
- Japanese: “フォロ・ロマーノ”
- Japanese: “フォロロマーノ”
- Korean: “로마 포럼”
- Korean: “로마 포룸”
- Korean: “포로 로마노”
- Korean: “포룸 로마눔”
- Latin: “Forum Romanum”
- Latvian: “Romas forums”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Foro Roman”
- Lithuanian: “Romos Forumas”
- Macedonian: “Римски форум”
- Malay: “Forum Rom”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Forum Romanorum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Forum Romanum”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Forum Romanum”
- Norwegian: “Forum Romanum”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Forum Roman”
- Persian: “فروم رم”
- Persian: “فروم رومی”
- Polish: “Forum Magnum”
- Polish: “Forum Romanum”
- Portuguese: “Fórum Romano”
- Portuguese: “Forum romanum”
- Romanian: “Forul roman”
- Romanian: “Forumul roman”
- Russian: “Римский форум”
- Russian: “Форум римский”
- Russian: “Форум Романум”
- Russian: “Форум”
- Scots: “Roman Forum”
- Serbian: “Forum Romanum”
- Serbian: “Rimski forum”
- Serbian: “Римски форум”
- Serbian: “Римски Форум”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Forum romanum”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rimski forum”
- Slovak: “Forum Romanum”
- Slovak: “Rímske fórum”
- Slovenian: “Forum Romanum”
- Slovenian: “Rimski forum”
- Spanish: “Foro de Roma”
- Spanish: “Foro Romano”
- Spanish: “Forum”
- Swedish: “Forum i Rom”
- Swedish: “Forum Romanum”
- Tagalog: “Foro ng Roma”
- Tagalog: “Forum ng Roma”
- Thai: “Forum Romanum”
- Thai: “Roman Forum”
- Thai: “จัตุรัสโรมัน”
- Thai: “ฟอรุมโรมัน”
- Thai: “ฟอรูงโรมานูง”
- Thai: “ลานประชาคมโรมัน”
- Turkish: “Foro Romano”
- Turkish: “Forum Magnum”
- Turkish: “Forum Romanum”
- Turkish: “Roma Forumu”
- Ukrainian: “Римський Форум”
- Ukrainian: “Форум Романум”
- Urdu: “رومی فورم”
- Vietnamese: “Công trường La Mã”
- Vietnamese: “Foro Romano”
- Vietnamese: “Forum Romanum”
- Vietnamese: “Roman Forum”
- Waray (Philippines): “Foro Romano”
- Welsh: “Fforwm Rhufain”
- Western Armenian: “Հռոմի Ֆորում”
- Western Frisian: “Forum Romanum”
- Western Panjabi: “رومن فورم”
- Wu Chinese: “古罗马广场”
- Yue Chinese: “古羅馬廣場”
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