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The Roman Forum or Forum Romanum of ancient Rome was the bustling religious, administrative, legal, and commercial heart of the city from the 7th century BCE onwards. Made increasingly grandiose...

The ruins of the Forum Romanum in Rome.

Northern side of the Roman Forum in Philippopolis, photograph by Carole Raddato, Bulgaria, 10 August, 2024. The northern section of the Roman Forum of Philippopolis, modern Plovdiv, Bulgaria. This monumental side...

Western side of the Roman Forum in Philippopolis, photograph by Carole Raddato, Bulgaria, 10 August, 2024. The western section of the Roman Forum of Philippopolis, modern Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Shops (tabernae) stood behind...

Forum of Sufetula, photograph by Carole Raddato, Sufetula (Sbeitla), Tunisia, February 13, 2023. A rectangular walled plaza measuring 72 by 60 metres, this Roman forum, dated c. 100-250 CE, served as the civic and religious...

The remains of the Forum of Augustus. Built by Caesar Augustus after his victory at Actium (probably around 20 BCE after the negotiated return of the standards lost by Marcus Licinius Crassus to the Parthians) it was built along...

Ruins of the forum in Thuburbo Majus, photograph by Carole Raddato, El Fahs, Tunisia, 18 February, 2023. The well-preserved Forum of Thuburbo Majus in modern-day Tunisia was built between 161 and 192 CE. It was a vast square...

A reconstruction of the Forum of Augustus in Rome with the temple of Mars Ultor, late 1st century BCE.

Forum of Nicopolis ad Istrum, photograph by Carole Raddato, 12 August, 2024. The forum of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Bulgaria. The paved square was surrounded by an Ionic colonnade and contained pedestals for marble and bronze...

The trapezoidal paved forum (37 x 34 m) of Banasa (also Iulia Valentia Banasa), an ancient city of the province of Mauretania Tingitana (modern-day Morocco). The forum was lined by porticoes and flanked to the north by a rectangular...