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English-speaking expert guide for the tour of Ancient Rome THE ENTRANCE FEES ARE NOT INCLUDED |
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ADMISSION FOR THE TRAJAN’S MARKETS AND THE MUSEUM OF THE IMPERIAL FORA:
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You will meet the English-speaking guide in Piazza Venezia.
Even at times of Julius Caesar the old forum was too small for the needs of the city. Rome was not more a city-state, but the capital of a great empire. Between the old Forum and the District Subura, the emperor created more and more, newer, larger and more splendid equipped forums, the so-called imperial forums.
Forum of Caesar (the first of the Imperial Fora). Julius Caesar thought that the Roman Forum was no longer sufficient as representative and administrative centre, so in 54 BC he started with the construction of a new forum. This served as a template for all other imperial forums. In this forum are the remnants of the Temple of Venus Genetrix.
Forum of Augustus. Before the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC., in which the murderers of Caesar, Brutus and Cassius, died, Augustus promised the construction of this forum with a temple of Mars Ultor (the avenger). In 2 BC the complex has finally been inaugurated.
Forum of Nerva. This forum that is also called forum Transitorium Forum was begun by Domitian but finished only in 97 AD consecrated by Nerva (shortly after Domitian’s death). The Forum got called "Transitorium" because of its location between the Forum of Augustus, the Forum of Caesar and the Temple of Peace. In the Forum of Nerva was located the Temple of Minerva.
Trajan’s Forum. The last and at the same time the largest and most splendid of the Imperial Fora was built between 107 and 113 AD by the Emperor Trajan. The forum had many functions, such as the promulgation of laws. It took place here also the so-called Congiaria (money donations of the emperor on special occasions). Although the Emperor Constantine robbed numerous reliefs of the forum for his triumphal arch, it was in good conditions for a long time. At least until the 5th century it was still in use.
The Trajan’s markets were created in the first decade of the 2nd century, so they emerged earlier than the Trajan’s Forum. The Trajan's Markets were probably something like a state-administered food stock for the main food (like a kind of wholesale).
Finally, at the end of the road (Via dei Fori Imperiali) raises one of Roman’s greatest wonders: the Coliseum.
The amphitheatre was for many centuries site of terrible gladiators' fights. Later, it served as a quarry for the constructions of the Middle Ages.
SUGGESTIONS:
Take water, camera & sun cream; wear comfortable shoes. In low season warmer clothing may be required!