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  2. Roman Forum - Wikipedia

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    The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum ( Italian: Foro Romano ), is a rectangular forum ( plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the centre 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.

  3. List of monuments of the Roman Forum - Wikipedia

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    A view of the Roman Forum, looking east. This list of monuments of the Roman Forum (Forum Romanum) includes existing and former buildings, memorials and other built structures in the famous Roman public plaza during its 1,400 years of active use (8th century BC–ca 600 AD). It is divided into three categories: those ancient structures that can ...

  4. Via Sacra - Wikipedia

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    The Via Sacra ( Latin: Sacra Via, " Sacred Street ") was the main street of ancient Rome, leading from the top of the Capitoline Hill, through some of the most important religious sites of the Forum (where it is the widest street), to the Colosseum . The road was part of the traditional route of the Roman Triumph that began on the outskirts of ...

  5. Colosseum - Wikipedia

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    The Colosseum ( / ˌkɒləˈsiːəm / KOL-ə-SEE-əm; Italian: Colosseo [kolosˈsɛːo]) is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is still the largest standing amphitheatre in the world, despite its age.

  6. Forum (Roman) - Wikipedia

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    A forum ( Latin: forum, "public place outdoors", [ 1] pl.: fora; English pl.: either fora or forums) was a public square in a Roman municipium, or any civitas, reserved primarily for the vending of goods; i.e., a marketplace, along with the buildings used for shops and the stoas used for open stalls. Many fora were constructed at remote ...

  7. Piazza Venezia - Wikipedia

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    Piazza Venezia ( Italian: [ˈpjattsa veˈnɛttsja]) is a central hub of Rome, Italy, in which several thoroughfares intersect, including the Via dei Fori Imperiali and the Via del Corso. It takes its name from the Palazzo Venezia, built by the Venetian Cardinal, Pietro Barbo (later Pope Paul II) alongside the church of Saint Mark, the patron ...

  8. Temple of Castor and Pollux - Wikipedia

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    The Temple of Castor and Pollux(Italian: Tempio dei Dioscuri) is an ancient templein the Roman Forum, Rome, Central Italy.[1] It was originally built in gratitude for victory at the Battle of Lake Regillus(495 BC). Castor and Pollux(Greek Polydeuces) were the Dioscuri, the "twins" of Gemini, the twin sons of Zeus(Jupiter) and Leda.

  9. Temple of Vesta - Wikipedia

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    unknown old Kingdom era. The Temple of Vesta, or the aedes (Latin Aedes Vestae; Italian: Tempio di Vesta ), is an ancient edifice in Rome, Italy. It is located in the Roman Forum near the Regia and the House of the Vestal Virgins. The Temple of Vesta housed Vesta's holy fire, which was a symbol of Rome's safety and prosperity. [ 1 ]

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