Unlike the later imperial fora in Rome—which were self-consciously modelled on the ancient Greek plateia (πλατεῖα) public plaza or town square—the Roman Forum developed gradually, organically… See more

Pottery deposits discovered in the Forum, Palatine and Capitoline demonstrated that humans occupied these areas in the Final Bronze Age (1200–975 BC). In the early Iron Age an area of the future Forum, close to the site of … See more

From the 17th through the 19th century, the Roman Forum was a site for many artists and architects studying in Rome to sketch. The focus of many of these works produced by visiting Northern artists was on the current stat… See more

Other fora existed in other areas of the city; remains of most of them, sometimes substantial, still exist. The most important of these are several large imperial fora forming a complex with the Forum Romanum: the Forum Iulium… See more

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• Colossus of Constantine, colossal statue formerly in the west apse of the Basilica of Maxentius
• Farnese Gardens (1550), immediately overlooking the Forum… See more