Glimpses of Roman Life Pages 68-70

Rome

Forum Romanorum

Palatine

Capitoline
Other Hills
Campus Martius
Appius Claudius
Emperor Augustus
Servian Wall
Rostrum = beak
Moneta = money + mint
Caput = head
Vigils = watchmen
Urbs aeterna = eternal city
Palatial = Palace

Founded in 753 B.C.

City of the Seven Hills
Population of more then 1,000,000 at peak.
Kingdom Republic Capital of the
Roman Empire
Seat of Catholic Church
Below the Palatine Hill
Market place of Rome
Eventually evolved into a rectangular
shaped place with temples, law courts, a
senate, and other buildings.
One end had the rostra
Residential district for the statesmen and
wealthy people
Imperial administration was eventually
built on the hill
Another hill near the Forum
Name from the temple of Jupiter
Temple of Juno Moneta on this hill
Aventine, Caelian, Esquiline, Quirinal,
Viminal
Northwest of Forum on Tiber River
Many temples, theatres, public baths
Pantheon = only visible temple left today
Built the first aqueduct around 313 B.C.
14 aqueducts in Rome at peak.
Divided the city into 14 regions to
reorganize the police and fire department
Built around the city for protection