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The Forum Boarium was a food and cattle market in ancient Rome - as well as the site of the first gladiatorial match in Rome. Learn more about Ancient Rome at https://ancientromelive.org/ This content is brought to you by The American...

In the Roman Forum, next to the Temple of Faustina and Antoninus Pius (r. 138-161 CE) and Faustina, along the Via Sacra, 19th Century CE excavators discovered a burial ground dating back to primordial Rome: 9th- 6th Centuries BCE. An incredible...

The house of the Vestal Virgins is one of the most famous sites in the Roman Forum area. Six Vestals cared for the sacred flame of the Temple of Vesta and many other sacred duties, for 30 years of service, under the guidance of the Pontifex...

The Dacians were a Thracian people that lived in modern-day Romania. They came in conflict with Rome as it expanded, but wars never reached their climax until Trajan (98-117 CE) declared war on Dacia in 102 CE. After Trajan won the wars...

The so-called Temple of Minerva Medica, is, in fact, a luxurious heated dining hall constructed in part in a massive residence of the emperor Gallienus.

The Republican period is an essential period to study in order to understand the creation of the Roman Empire. We can trace the city's successes and expansion of the city through its process of urban renewal and construction of ancient monuments...

The Baths of Trajan were built. on Esquiline hill ridge (Oppian) near the the Baths of Titus, with a magnificent view of the. Colosseum. Remarkably, Trajan's baths set a new standard for size and scale, comprising an area of 250 X 210 meters...

A reconstructed history of the sprawling, opulent bathhouses constructed by the Roman emperor Nero (r. 54 - 68 CE). This content is brought to you by The American Institute for Roman Culture (AIRC), a 501(C)3 US Non-Profit Organization.

The Ides of March is one of the most important dates in Roman history. Watch this incredible dramatic production by Gruppo Storico Romano (Ides of March 2015) in the Republican era Largo Argentina temples precinct, physically next to the...

The Temple of the Castors is one of the great Republican-era temples in the Roman Forum. The Battle of Lake Regillus won in 499 BCE, Roman tradition records that two beautiful youths on horseback announced the victory in the Forum, watering...