Rome s giant marble map layohn at the roman forum in the center of rome there once stood a grand monument called the temple of peace built by emperor vespasian to project his might and fortify his strong public image.
Marble forum rome.
The colour of empire.
The many marbles of ancient rome a lot of people think of ancient rome as a pretty monochrome place.
Together with the associated vulcanal a sanctuary to vulcan it constitutes the only surviving remnants of the old comitium an early assembly area that preceded the forum and is thought to derive from an archaic cult site of the 7th or 8th century bc.
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The marble column is of the roman doric order and it measures 125 feet 38 meters high together with the pedestal which contains a chamber that served as trajan s tomb.
The roman forum also known by its latin name forum romanum italian.
For centuries the forum was the center of day to day life.
Foro romano is a rectangular forum surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center 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.
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The lapis niger latin black stone is an ancient shrine in the roman forum.