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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L5A_shrine-of-venus-cloacina-sacello-di-venere-cloacina_Roma-Lazio.html
Shrine of Venus Cloacina The circular base is placed above a tuff structure set into the ground, located where the Cloaca Maxima enters the Forum. This is the shrine dedicated to Venus Cloacina, containing two statues with the symbols of Venus. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L58_basilica-aemilia-entablature-trabeazione_Roma-Lazio.html
The lower order entablature of Basilica Aemilia ———- Trabeazione dell'ordine inferiore della basilica emilia
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L49_tabernae-at-the-front-of-the-basilica-aemilia_Roma-Lazio.html
Tabernae at the Front of the Basilica Aemilia The Basilica Aemilia faces the Forum with a double order portico: the three granite columns were raised during reconstruction work in the late empire. Behind the portico is a row of shops in tuff bloc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L45_forum-square_Roma-Lazio.html
The large paved square at the centre of the Forum, the main space used for public assemblies, remained almost empty of buildings throughout the Republican period (5th-1st centuries BC). During the empire, as its importance decreased with the openi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L3N_roman-forum-history-of-the-excavations_Roma-Lazio.html
Although the Forum was "rediscovered" in the Renaissance, scientific interest in the area only began in the late 18th century. This led in the 19th century to systematic explorations by illustrious archaeologists, including Carlo Fea, Antonio Nibb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L33_roman-forum_Roma-Lazio.html
The Roman Forum lies in the valley surrounded by the Palatine, Capitoline and Esquiline hills. In the Republican period (5th-1st centuries BC) this was the political, economic, religious and commercial heart of ancient Rome. In the 9th-8th centuri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L2Y_roman-forum_Roma-Lazio.html
The Roman Forum retained its importance especially during the Republican period (5th-1st centuries BC), when the valley gradually filled with public buildings whose remains are still preserved. These buildings, which almost always originally had a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L2V_altar-of-caesar-ara-di-cesare_Roma-Lazio.html
Altar of Caesar ... deposed (beyond bare Caesar) in the Forum, where the palace the ancient Romans is, and you piled on tables, seats and the other timber was there ... ro lit the fire and all the people stood to the axes bonfire at night. In tha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L2Q_regia_Roma-Lazio.html
Located near the temple of Vesta, the Regia is believed to have been built by king Numa Pompilius as the place where the kings of Rome exercised their political and religious power. The plan resembles that of archaic houses and its royal nature is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L2O_temple-of-antoninus-and-faustina_Roma-Lazio.html
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina The temple - as indicated by the inscription - was dedicated by the Senate to Faustina in AD 141 and, when he died, to her husband the emperor Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD). The long walls of the cella, in square pe…
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