Forum Boarium
The Forum Boarium was the cattle market or forum venalium of ancient Rome. It was located on a level piece of land near the Tiber between the Capitoline, the Palatine and Aventine hills.Photo: Torquatus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Temple of Hercules Victor and Cloaca Maxima.
Temple of Hercules Victor
Photo: Livioandronico2013, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Temple of Hercules Victor or Hercules Olivarius is a Roman temple in Piazza Bocca della Verità, the former Forum Boarium, in Rome, Italy. It is a tholos, a round temple of Greek 'peripteral' design completely surrounded by a colonnade.
Cloaca Maxima
Photo: Lalupa, Public domain.
The Cloaca Maxima was originally built to drain the rain water from the city of Rome, and is one of the world's earliest drainage systems. Its name is related to that of Cloacina, a Roman goddess.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitoline Hill and Palatine Hill.
Capitoline Hill
Locality
Photo: Tetraktys, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Lil Herodotus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Paolostefano1412, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Colosseo district is the heart of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.
Forum Boarium
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: cattle market of Ancient Rome
- Categories: square, forum venalium, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Municipio Roma I, Rome, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Forum Boarium” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Foro Boarioa”
- Belarusian: “Бычыны форум”
- Bulgarian: “Бичи форум”
- Bulgarian: “Форум Боариум”
- Catalan: “Forum Boarium”
- Chinese: “屠牛广场”
- Croatian: “Forum Boarium”
- Czech: “Forum Boarium”
- Danish: “Forum Boarium”
- Dutch: “Forum Boarium”
- Finnish: “Forum boarium”
- Finnish: “Forum Boarium”
- French: “Forum Boarium”
- French: “Marché aux boeufs”
- Georgian: “ბოარიუმის ფორუმი”
- German: “Forum Boarium”
- Greek: “Βοαρία Αγορά”
- Hungarian: “Forum Boarium”
- Italian: “Foro Boario”
- Japanese: “フォルム・ボアリウム”
- Latin: “Forum Boarium”
- Persian: “فروم بواریوم”
- Polish: “Forum Boarium”
- Portuguese: “Fórum Boário”
- Russian: “Бычий форум”
- Serbian: “Forum Boarium”
- Serbian: “Сточни форум”
- Slovenian: “Forum Boarium”
- Spanish: “Foro Boario”
- Spanish: “Forum Boarium”
- Swedish: “Forum Boarium”
- Turkish: “Forum Boarium”
- Ukrainian: “Бичачий форум”
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