ROMAN FORUM

Originally the inhabitants of Palatine, Capitoline and Esquiline Hills opted for an area for their business since it was a valley right between the three hills and called it the Forum. Unfortunately the area was swamp-like and unwelcoming so it took some time to work the land. Even before the change of the Forum into a Business center, this was already some sort of market due to a major concentration during the republican era of butchers, hosteries, money exchange and so on, making it a "market". Anyway, the central part of the forum and the Comitium were reserved for religious gatherings and public reunions, so the forum had a very important role in the Romans' social life. The Forum grew in dimension and splendor throughout the Roman eras and became also more crowded with the Roman conquests across the Mediterranean. On the opposite side there are the Imperial Forums, built afterwards and that obscured the splendor of the Roman Forum for some time. The entrance ramp leads directly to the historic Via Sacra, the oldest street of Rome. On its main street, the Via Dei Fori Imperiali, includes many beautiful churches like Basilica Emilia.
Fori Imperiali (Imperial Forums)n about 150 years, starting in 54BC, the entire complex of the Imperial Forum was completed. This intricated construction is really unique for its vastity and urbanisticI articulation.Originally built for ideological reasons, closely connected to the Roman Empire's birth, Julius Caesar ordered the construction of the first forum, that developped itself on a large venue next to the temple of the Venus Mother, the protecting goddess from which the Emperor's family is said to descend. In 113 Ad the Forums were five and reached great dimensions, covering over 90000 mt square. But what were the Forums for? Their first need was for public ceremonies and religious feasts. This construction comprehends some important forums of great interest, like Augustus' Forum, originally dedicated to god Mars and pawn for the victory in some battle but that took over 40 years to be completed, the Traian's Forum that had to undergo serious planimetric complications before being built but is the most majestic of all forums due to Traian's victory over the Dacians and was dedicated to religious feasts related to water, this forum is the widest of all with its 300 mt in length going from Mars'Camp to the Republican Forum. This area of forums extends itself on Via Dei Fori Imperiali, that comprehends along its way several churches and part of the roman walls.

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