MEGAN TOLTON & JENN GENAO

Roman Forum

WHAT IS A ROMAN FORUM?!A Roman Forum was a civic center in Ancient Rome, which was usually in the center of a city that was a big and open space. • The Roman Forum consists of a simple square, and

was surrounded by some of the most ancient Roman monuments.

People who visited these Roman Forums were there to do business, sell items, find out about news, buy things, see friends, and even go to school. • The Forum consisted of stores, shops, temples,

statues, triumphal arches, and people even set up podiums so they could give a speeches to large crowds.

• http://www.destination360.com/europe/italy/rome/roman-forum# (virtual tour)

HISTORY

Forum means “Marketplace” in Latin. • Roman Forum was originally a marsh, until the Romans

drained it all out and then made it a center of social and political activity. When the Roman Empire fell the forum was buried and forgotten but remnants were later discovered

MORE HISTORYThe Roman Forum, it is a place for gathering and for social events and it was also a place for many diverse activities to take place and be held.

For example, in the Roman Forum called Romanum, there was a Senate House which was very significant in Ancient Rome. In this Forum, near the Senate House there was a platform where politicians gave there speeches. Curia

THE CURIAThe Curia was a senate house was located in the northwest area of the Roman Forum• There was a specific chair for the speaker and the

rest would sit on wooden benches

The curia was eventually restored back to its normal condition, in the 30s

Unfortunately the Curia was ruined by protesters who were disappointed that their leader Clodius was murdered

The Curia was, “begun by Julius Caesar in 44 B.C” and the Curia was in memory of Augustus in 29 B.C.

“ The original bronze doors are still hanging on the church of St. John Lateran.”

EXAMPLES OF ROMAN FORUM

Temple of Castors: Dedicated to the Demigods who announced the victory of the Romans was over the Targuins in 494 B.C.

The Arch of Titus: Dedicated to Titus for his victory over Judea by the Senate, the Roman population and Titus’ brother Domitianus.

The Arch of Septimus Severus 203 A.D : Arch was dedicated to Septimus son Caracalla and his son Geta. Two sons divided their father’s power when he died. The sons both fought over power to become emperor.

WORKS CITED•http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/romanforum/romanforum.html•

http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Forum•

http://library.thinkquest.org/2838/forum.htm•

http://www.roman-empire.net/tours/rome/forum-romanum.html•

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/Forum_Romanum/_Texts/Huelsen*/home.html•

http://home.surewest.net/fifi/index50.html

•http://www.vroma.org/~forum/curia.html