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El Foro Romano (en latín, Forum Romanum, aunque los romanos se referían a él comúnmente como Forum Magnum o simplemente Forum) era el foro de la ciudad de Roma, es decir, la zona central —semejante a las plazas centrales en las ciudades actuales— donde se encuentran las instituciones de gobierno, de mercado y religiosas. Al igual que hoy en día, era donde tenían lugar el comercio, los negocios, la prostitución, la religión y la administración de justicia. En él se situaba el hogar comunal.

Series de restos de pavimento muestran que sedimentos erosionados desde las colinas circundantes ya estaban elevando el nivel del foro en la primera época de la República. Originalmente había sido un terreno pantanoso, que fue drenado por los Tarquinios mediante la Cloaca Máxima. Su pavimento de travertino definitivo, que aún puede verse, data del reinado de César Augusto.

Actualmente es famoso por sus restos, que muestran elocuentemente el uso de los espacios urbanos durante el Imperio romano. El Foro Romano incluye los siguientes monumentos, edificios y demás ruinas antiguas importantes:

Templo de Cástor y Pólux

Templo de Rómulo

Templo de Saturno

Templo de Vesta

Casa de las Vestales

Templo de Venus y Roma

Templo de César

Basílica Emilia

Basílica Julia

Arco de Septimio Severo

Arco de Tito

Rostra (plural de rostrum), la tribuna desde donde los políticos daban sus discursos a los ciudadanos romanos.

Curia Julia, sede del Senado.

Basílica de Majencio y Constantino

Tabulario

Templo de Antonino y Faustina

Regia

Templo de Vespasiano y Tito

Templo de la Concordia

Templo de Jano

Un camino procesional, la Vía Sacra, cruza el Foro Romano conectándolo con el Coliseo. Al final del Imperio perdió su uso cotidiano quedando como lugar sagrado.

El último monumento construido en el Foro fue la Columna de Focas. Durante la Edad Media, aunque la memoria del Foro Romano persistió, los edificios fueron en su mayor parte enterrados bajo escombros y su localización, la zona entre el monte Capitolino y el Coliseo, fue designada Campo Vaccinio o ‘campo bovino’. El regreso del papa Urbano V desde Aviñón en 1367 despertó un creciente interés por los monumentos antiguos, en parte por su lección moral y en parte como cantera para construir nuevos edificios. Se extrajo gran cantidad de mármol para construcciones papales (en el Vaticano principalmente) y para cocer en hornos creados en el mismo foro para hacer cal. Miguel Ángel expresó en muchas ocasiones su oposición a la destrucción de los restos. Artistas de finales del siglo XV dibujaron las ruinas del Foro, los anticuarios copiaron inscripciones desde el siglo XVI y se comenzó una excavación profesional a finales del siglo XVIII. Un cardenal tomó medidas para drenarlo de nuevo y construyó el barrio Alessadrine sobre él. No obstante, la excavación de Carlo Fea, quien empezó a retirar los escombros del Arco de Septimio Severo en 1803, y los arqueólogos del régimen napoleónico marcaron el comienzo de la limpieza del Foro, que no fue totalmente excavado hasta principios del siglo XX.

En su estado actual, se muestran juntos restos de varios siglos, debido a la práctica romana de construir sobre ruinas más antiguas.

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The Roman Forum

The 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, it has been called the most celebrated meeting place in the world, and in all history.Located in the small valley between the Palatine and Capitoline Hills, the Forum today is a sprawling ruin of architectural fragments and intermittent archaeological excavations attracting 4.5 million or more sightseers yearly.

Many of the oldest and most important structures of the ancient city were located on or near the Forum. The Roman Kingdom's earliest shrines and temples were located on the southeastern edge. These included the ancient former royal residence, the Regia (8th century BC), and the Temple of Vesta (7th century BC), as well as the surrounding complex of the Vestal Virgins, all of which were rebuilt after the rise of imperial Rome.

Other archaic shrines to the northwest, such as the Umbilicus Urbis and the Vulcanal (Shrine of Vulcan), developed into the Republic's formal Comitium (assembly area). This is where the Senate—as well as Republican government itself—began. The Senate House, government offices, tribunals, temples, memorials and statues gradually cluttered the area.

Over time the archaic Comitium was replaced by the larger adjacent Forum and the focus of judicial activity moved to the new Basilica Aemilia (179 BC). Some 130 years later, Julius Caesar built the Basilica Julia, along with the new Curia Julia, refocusing both the judicial offices and the Senate itself. This new Forum, in what proved to be its final form, then served as a revitalized city square where the people of Rome could gather for commercial, political, judicial and religious pursuits in ever greater numbers.

Eventually much economic and judicial business would transfer away from the Forum Romanum to the larger and more extravagant structures (Trajan's Forum and the Basilica Ulpia) to the north. The reign of Constantine the Great saw the construction of the last major expansion of the Forum complex—the Basilica of Maxentius (312 AD). This returned the political center to the Forum until the fall of the Western Roman Empire almost two centuries later.

Mi piel es color y textura.... me llamo Madre Tierra ( My skin color and texture ... my name is Mother Earth) by <Albêrto B:) Un soñador entre los locos -A dreamer among the madmen

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MACACO :Madre Tierra

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VER EN GRANDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Que hace una chica como tu , en un sitio como este by <Albêrto B:) Un soñador entre los locos -A dreamer among the madmen

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Sentido tributo a la mejor banda de rock urbano de este pais...

Burning: Que hace una chica como tu......

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{ The master of 31 ice-cream baskin robbins } by نـويّـر♡ ♥

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lago de soustons - las landas (francia) 20º explore by peio agirre

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DSC_0001 (explore 08/03/2020) by George Plakides

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In truth, I should have waited for better light but I couldn't wait to try out the latest acquisition. This is THE first shot with the new kit, the d850.

Now for a real trial out, a road trip .... to stock up on essentials before the supermarket shelves are empty.

Bright Corner (Explore) by Jan Nagalski

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Opposite the "dark corner" (picture in the first comment below), the "bright" corner of my yard has full sun. There is a continuous show of perennial flowers from early Spring to late summer. Bright yellow lilies start off, followed by yellow sedum. As they fade, the purple phlox emerge and stay all summer, and the yellow Black Eyed Susan join shortly after. A row of tall Helianthus in back will emerge in late summer.

The best part is that they are all perennials (no planting needed) : )

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Mathilde ABC by Sabrou Yves Photograff

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Mathide Erhard

Fairest Cape - Explored by Paul Ralphs

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Slightly misty view from Table Mountain Cape Town

LANDSCAPE - On Explore by Jaap van Werven

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My Explored

Do I Look Like A Lantern ? by Johnny Neo J M

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Hit EXPLORE #184 on Monday, January 5th, 2009 THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

[Explored][Bonus] Daydreaming by Min Mốc

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Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times… I just shoot at what interests me at that moment.

-Elliott Erwitt-

Las Vegas ( EXPLORE ) by Phan Ly

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(Explore On Saturday,Mar /14/2009 position# 66) New York Las Vegas Hotel and Casino

I am really thankful to all my dear friends .Thanks for visit and nice comment too!

Hello 大家好 ? Las Vegas 賭城!!

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ILUMINADO ( Explore) by Susana

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daisy.. by gülcan sağır

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... Explored by Mariola

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52nd Annual Chicago Air and Water Show

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Double Parked - Explore by Denny Moutray

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Explore - 5-12-2009 - #186. It is dinner time, and this purple finch is waiting for the next available perch. View On Black

o by Maurizio Jaya Costantino

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explored :-)

Lunch. (Explored) by Anna Guðmundsdóttir

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by Carla López

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Little Explorer by Regina

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In a group of goslings there always seems to be one little adventurer who loves to explore everything, knows no fear and often ventures quite far away from his / her family. I hope that the parents still keep an eye on their little explorer, even if the golf course where this gosling lives is safer than most other places.

Wasp - "Explored" by Ioannis Koutroubakis

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A wasp on a daisy flower from my garden

Waiting for a Better Day by Vanessa Cardoso

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Explored :)

Colores que pinta el sol. by Victoria Rivas

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