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The Roman Forum
Il Foro Romano (The Roman Forum) is located in Rome, Italy in a valley that is between the Palatine Hill, and the Capitoline Hill. Historian's believe the Roman Forum has to have been built by the legendary founder of Rome, Romulus. Over the years important monuments were gradually added to the Forum and became the center of the city's social life, and also reflected the prestige of the city as the capital of a vast empire. The Forum Julium was bult by Caesar between 54 and 46 BC and was considered Romes first real-estate speculation. Others were the Forum Augustum built in 2 BC, the Forum Trajan built in 107 AD, the Forum of Nerva built in 97 AD, the Titus Arch built in 70 AD was built in honor of the Roman Conquest, and the Temple or Antonio and Faustina built in the 2nd century AD built in honor of...
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