ROMAN FORUM
Introduction
In the early Republic, the Forum was a chaotic place, with food stalla and brothels as well as temples and the Senate House. By the 2nd century BC
it was decided that Rome required a more salubrious centre, and the food stores were replaced by business centres and law courts. The Forum remained
the ceremonial centre of the city under the Empire, with emperors renovating old buildings and erecting new temples and monuments.
Star Features
- Basilica of Constantine
- The basilica's three vast barrel vaults are all that remain of the Forum's largest building. Like other basilicas, it was used for the
administration of justice and conducting business.
- House of the Vestal Virgins
- The priestesses who tended the sacred flame in the Temple of Vesta lived here. The hourse was a large rectangular building aroumd a
central garden.
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