Roma Virtuale Com era camminare per la Roma imperiale

The city of Rome lies on the banks of the Tiber 20 000 paces from the sea This area can be easily crossed by the river and thanks to its nearby ridges is easy to enclose The ancient Roman city wall encircled all seven hills Rome was founded on the Palatine Hill around 753 B C The Capitoline Hill is the site of the most sacred buildings among which the most important is the Temple of Jupiter the Supreme God The northern spur of the hill is solidly walled and known as the Arx which means citadel in Latin At the highest point of the Arx stands the Temple of Juno Moneta where coins made of precious metals were produced This is where the word "money" we use today originates Beneath the Capitoline Hill lies the Tabularium a large building where mail and letters were stored Beneath the Capitoline Hill and Palatine Hill lies the Roman Forum In that area there once was a large lake that was drained When the water was diverted into the Tiber River through an underground sewer known as the Cloaca Maxima Afterward this area became the most significant public space in ancient Rome A large number of people visited the Roman Forum every day and it was the most famous and heavily frequented place in the city It was surrounded by numerous public buildings This is the Basilica Aemilia the most significant building in the forum alongside the Basilica Julia Basilicas once held prominent positions in the forums of Roman cities In antiquity the basilica was a public building where many commercial and judicial activities took place Later Christians took advantage of the basilica's form to use it as an official religious space for celebrating liturgy Centuries later when the empire officially became Christian the term was used to refer to large and significant churches That is why they are called basilicas—both from an architectural and a religious perspective Adjacent to the Basilica Aemilia in the section of the forum known as the Tacomizium It is located at the curia the building where the Roman Senate convened Comprised of 600 senators the most noble citizens of Rome prior to Caesar's imperial era They held the highest authority in the Roman Republic Before reaching the Comitium there was a kind of platform where orators spoke to the people this place was known as the Rostra because they displayed the prows of ships captured by the Romans They decorated the front of the rostra This word in Latin is the plural of rostrum meaning the metal beak projecting from the prow of ships and used to board and sink enemy ships Many renowned orators including Cicero mounted the rostra to address the people The smallest of the Roman temples was undoubtedly the Temple of Janus and it was also the oldest This temple had two doors that were always open and were closed only when peace reigned throughout the entire Roman territory both on land and at sea These gates were closed only twice from the founding of Rome until the time of Augustus Augustus closed them for the third time after 700 years when he defeated Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium On the opposite side of the forum stands the Temple of Vesta which has a round shape Vesta is the goddess of hearth and home In her temple an eternal flame burned and the virgin Vestals daughters of noble Romans were chosen to ensure that the sacred fire would never go ou because the ever-burning flame symbolized Rome the eternal city Next to the Temple of Vesta stands the Regia the residence of the Pontifex Maximus where Roman kings once lived The Pontifex Maximus is the chief priest and supervisor of all other Roman priests The office of the priests in Rome That was the time to offer animal sacrifices to the gods and attend to divine matters Before the Regia stands the Temple dedicated to Gaius Julius Caesar which is known as the Temple of the Divine Julius Caesar like many Roman emperors was declared a god after his death He was even called Divine The Temple of the Divine Julius was built by his nephew Augustus the very place where his body was cremated by the mourning citizens On both sides of the Basilica Julia There is a large temple located there to the right beneath the Capitoline Hill stands the Temple of Saturn and to the left the Temple of Castor and Pollux The Temple of Saturn was the city's treasury the place where public funds were kept This ancient Temple was destroyed by a fire and subsequently rebuilt The Temple of Castor and Pollux dedicated to Jupiter's twin sons Castor and Pollux whom the Romans invoked for aid in battle From this temple to the Temple of the Divine Julius the Senate and People of Rome They had a marble arch built in honor of the victorious Augustus after the Battle of Actium Before the Tabularium stand the Temples of Concord and the Divine Vespasian The Temple of Concord was built after a prolonged period of discord Amid two hostile factions into which the Roman people had divided— the Patricians and the Plebeians The temple was built when harmony among the citizens was restored Near this temple stood the prison today a Renaissance church rises above it And the ancient secret passages can be visited The Arch of Septimius Severus located northwest of the Forum was built to commemorate the victories e campaigns of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons Caracalla and Geta during their two expeditions against the Parthians The Golden Milestone was a monument erected by Emperor Caesar Augustus near the Temple of Saturn It was believed that all the roads of the empire began from this monument And all distances throughout the empire were measured relative to it The Temple of the Divine Vespasian was built by his sons notably Domitian after their father's death Right next to this temple are the porticoes of the twelve Ede gods where statues of gold stood for each deity side each arcade You might be wondering how it's possible that a place like this once looked like this when all that remains are the foundations and a few columns These markers help us perceive the scale and size of the buildings Moreover entire buildings from that era have been preserved and images of some of them appear on ancient coins But the most important thing is that the Vitruvian books be preserved though we'll discuss that another time In ancient Rome there were many public buildings Today we explored those surrounding the city's most important area So if you'd like to check out my other videos like this one but in Italian let me know in the comments and don't forget to like this video Subscribe now to watch more videos like this Thanks again see you soon