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 between the , the and hills.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Temple of Portunus and Temple of Hercules Victor.

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The is a small ancient Roman temple in , Italy, on the modern Piazza della Bocca della Verità. It was built beside the ancient , the Roman cattle market associated with Hercules, which was adjacent to Rome's oldest river port and the oldest stone bridge across the Tiber River, the .

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The or Hercules Olivarius is a Roman temple in , the former , in , . It is a tholos, a round temple of Greek 'peripteral' design completely surrounded by a colonnade.

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The or, less often, Maxima Cloaca, is one of the world's earliest sewage systems. Its name is related to that of Cloacina, a Roman goddess.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitoline Hill and Palatine Hill.

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The Capitolium or , between the 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.

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The , 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".

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The district is the heart of ancient and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.

Forum Boarium

Latitude
41.88885° or 41° 53′ 20″ north
Longitude
12.48089° or 12° 28′ 51″ east
Named after
Forum Boarium
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 27350575
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q283650
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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”
  • 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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