7 HILLSFORUMSUBURA

CLOACA MAXIMACAMPUS MARTIUS

The City of Rome (maps)

The Palatine (Hill)

According to legend, where the city was founded

Archaeologists found huts and walls here from 10th – 8th centuries BC

Wealthiest suburb

The Capitol (Capitoline Hill)

Steep sides made it the easiest part of Rome to defend

Only part of Rome that was not captured by Gauls in 390 BC

the religious centreHome of the Temple of

Jupiter Capitolinus Best and Greatest

two peaks, the Capitoline proper (southern) and the Arx (northern)

Subura

heavily populated area on the Subura Way

trades and manufacturing area High levels of crime,

prostitution, and the poverty Inscriptions provide evidence

of a Jewish synagogue Suetonius writes that Julius

Caesar, once lived here Juvenal refers to fires, falling

rooftiles, assaults, and mille pericula saevae urbis, "the thousand dangers of a savage city" (Sat. 3.8-9 ).

www.vroma.org/~araia/subura.html

Forum Romanum (The Roman Forum)

most important forumthe scene of public

meetings, lawcourts, and gladiatorial combats (during Republic era)

was lined with shops and open-air markets.

The Forum Romanum (Roman Forum)

The Forum Romanum (Roman Forum)

Rostra = speaker’s platformBasilica = indoor shops / hall

Getting too small and crowded, from the time of Julius Caesar there was a steady flow of new forums that were built

No court houses, Court cases were held in the open space of theForum, with curtains andTemporary barriersBuilt into the pillars around the forum

Parades, funeral & religious

processions & victory parades marched down

the Sacred Way

Old basilica

New basilica

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Temple district

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Forum of Julius Caesar

Campus Martius

Location of the Cloaca Maxima