Foro Romano Ancient Landmarks Rome City Italy Editorial Image

Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum Italian: Foro Romano, is a rectangular forum plaza 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.For centuries the Forum was the center of day-to-day life in Rome: the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches; and the nucleus of commercial affairs. Here statues and monuments commemorated the city`s great men. The teeming heart of ancient Rome, Italy,June 2016