The Ancient Historian
THE FORUM ROMANUM
This Month the Ancient Historian Explains:
The Forum Romanum
The Forum Romanum was the earliest forum in Rome. Situated between the Palatine, Quirinal, and Capitoline Hills, it was built in the late seventh century B.C. The site was originally a marsh that the Romans drained by building the Cloaca Maxima, or Great Sewer. The earliest gladitorial fights took place in this forum. It was also the place in which the important political figures in Rome would erect statues and busts of themselves. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire the Forum was abandoned.
May's Quote:
"Not To Know What Happened Before You Were Born Is To Be A Child Forever."
-Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)
Next Month:
Discover Cleopatra! Her great loves, her power, and death.
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