Roman Forum - view of the forum from the Colesseum.
The white Arch of Titus is center left, and the Basilica Maxentius is center right.
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Roman Forum - Temple of Antonio and Faustina - this temple was built in 141 AD to honor Emperor Antoninus Pius and his wife Faustina.
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Basilica Maxentius - the last and largest basilica built in Rome in the year 312 AD.
A basilica was a Roman justice hall where citizens came to have disputes resolved by the government.
The shape of the basilica was later used by the church to create its great cathedrals.
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Basilica Emilia - the second basilica built in the forum in the year 179 BC.
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Basilica Emilia - remains of the inside of the basilica.
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Curia - entrance to the recreated senate house building.
It was the most important political building in Rome.
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Rostrum and Temple of Saturn - the Rostrum stood in front of the brick wall and it was a kind of "Speaker's Corner".
The eight columns behind it are all that's left of the Temple of Saturn.
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Phoca's Column - this was the last monument erected in the forum in the year 608 AD.
It commemorated the Emperor Phocas who gave the Pantheon to Pope Boniface IV.
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Basilica Julia - the remains of the basilica built by Julius Caesar in the year 55 BC.
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Roman Forum - from left to right are the Temple of Saturn columns, Phocas column, Temple of Vespasian columns, and the Arch of Septimus Severius.
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