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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 and ceremonial in function by the Imperial...

Carsulae in Umbria, central Italy, was founded c. 300 BCE and only became a prosperous urban centre after it was connected by the Via Flaminia towards the end of the 3rd century BCE. It was granted the status of municipium and acquired a...

The Roman Forum of Dion in Macedonia (Greece) was built over the top of the Hellenistic agora in the late 2nd century CE. The new forum consisted of a rectangular paved courtyard measuring 58 x 68 metres (190 x 223 ft). The Roman Basilica...

A painting of the Roman Forum as it probably would have appeared in the 5th Century BCE. By Vilius Petrauskas. Courtesy of Ancient History Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers.

Remains of shop buildings in the roman forum at Butrint (modern Albania), 2nd century CE.

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 with a temple...

The Severan Forum and Temple of the Gens Septimia were built outside the original city walls of Cuicul (modern Djémila in Algeria) in the early 3rd century CE. This Square of the Severan family (r. 193-235 CE), located at the heart of the...

A map of the Roman Forum or Forum Romanum in Rome.

The Roman forum of Philippi, Macedon. In the background are the remains of the large Basilica B, c. 550 CE.

The Roman forum of Thessalonica. First built in the 2nd century CE the arches belong to the semi-underground cryptoporticus which was probably used as store rooms for merchants.