Walking tour of the Roman Forum

The Roman Forum is the most historic location in ancient Rome. Take a live walk with us from the Basilica Aemilia to the central piazza, over to the Basilica Iulia. View the Lacus Curtius and other central monuments, then over to the Rostra and the temples on the Capitoline Hill and other "minor" monuments.
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Basilica Aemilia
4:14 Via Sacra, Temple of Divus Iulius
5:13 Temple of the Castors
6:14 Basilica Iulia
7:20 Lacus Curtius
8:40 Rostra of imperial age
9:30 Mundus/ Umbilicus Urbis, Altar of Saturn/ Volcanal, "Golden milestone"
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[@bill9989]

I spent two days touring the Coloseum, Forum, and Palatine Hill. But your video showed me things I didn't see. Well, I guess I just have to go back next Spring. Thank you for this excellent video.

[@AncientRomeLive]

Our pleasure. We find something new every time we visit the forum as well!!

[@limangee]

My wife and I went on a tour around the forum in June this year I could not believe we were actually there and walking in the ancient footsteps of all of those famous Romans; having been fascinated with Ancient Rome since I was a child it was enchanting. Thankyou so much for this brief but informative tour it enabled us to consolidate more of what we saw only too briefly (for us)

[@jamesellsworth9673]

This is a far more coherent tour/view than we had on a hot day 15 years ago. One great thing about your channel is that it brings sites up to date.

[@AncientRomeLive]

Thanks!

[@kevinnorkus1842]

Thank You! For sharing and bringing us along. 😊

[@pepeperez2774]

Perfect video. I'm out of Rom from most of 20 years and your´s is the first video where I can identify the new restored zone as if I where actually there. The way the record let me feel in place is astonishing. Thank you.

[@Anna-ky7ix]

Thank you for the walk through the forum. I visited once and didn’t get to see it as thoroughly as I would have liked. And I hope to revisit one day again! It looks like much work has been done as well in the area since I last visited.

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

Thank yoo so much for this. I just don't enjoy hot weather; nor can I afford travel, but I absolutely enjoy archaeological sites deeply excavated as these are.

[@MelanieCravens]

This video is probably as close as I will ever get to being there. I have it saved in my Travel playlist. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@andyroo9381]

I never thought I would travel to Rome, or other places, but I did! I hope you make it happen for yourself. It's easier than you think. Rome is a beautiful city to just walk through and stumble into ruins and tourist attractions. They are all over and easy to walk to. Positive thoughts being sent your way.

[@bodaciousbiker]

I've been there once and it was magnificent! I'm still waiting for my coin toss at the Trevi Fountain to 'kick in'! Don't ever give up hope!

[@AncientRomeLive]

Thank you! We will be back in the forum for more walks!

[@patwaddington]

You should go it’s so amazing. I was there in July. Definitely wanna go back

[@MelanieCravens]

@@patwaddington I'd love to but there are limits to what a single income family can manage. I save all year to have the money to spend a week with my sisters.

[@corinnazana8516]

Loving tour.thank you ❤️

[@maxt-pi5ky]

Always learn something new & fascinating from ya. Thank you!

[@KonradAdenauerJr]

Thank you for the ground-level tour of Rome's most iconic facilities.

[@AncientRomeLive]

Always a pleasure to give a variety of perspectives! We have 4 videos on the forum from archaic to late antique / easily referenced on topics page at AncientRomeLive.org

[@louisebean9428]

It would be interesting to see graphics of which the original structure s looked liked.

[@josephhaack5711]

Hey Darius! Can’t wait, was there with family in May

[@ThePzrLdr]

I have waiting for something like this for several months now. Thanks much!

[@AncientRomeLive]

More walks in the way!!

[@user-mu1kn5xe6u]

Love your content Darius.Keep them coming.

[@bodaciousbiker]

Thanks for the visit to the Forum Darius! I wonder if there were ever any figures in medieval Rome, aside from the popes and Vatican officials who saved the relatively few structures we have left today by consecrating them as churches, who attempted to advocate for preserving what still must have been a considerable portion of the ancient city back then? I realize that historical or architectural preservation for its own sake is a relatively modern concept, and the temptation was too great not to cannibalize the ancient monuments of a city that was built for a million inhabitants, but by the 14th century probably had less than 40,000. But surely there must have been some individuals around at the time who realized that they were witnessing the dismantling of their ancient legacy. Yes, we're fortunate that we still have the Colosseum, the Curia Julia, the Pantheon and a portion of the Baths of Diocletian to list just a few, but when we consider the enormity of what was lost, it really is staggering!

[@AncientRomeLive]

Yes there are a number of recent books that account for late Antique Rome … including Hendrick Dey’s new book.

[@bodaciousbiker]

@@AncientRomeLive Thanks, I'll definitely check it out.

[@dirksawyer5667]

An enjoyable ‘walk’ in the Roman sunshine, watched from a damp and chilly Sussex, England. Many thanks for this small interlude

[@AncientRomeLive]

Our pleasure

[@wizzardofpaws2420]

Thank you Dr. D. A wonderful look at this place.

[@patriciararick3245]

Very good presentation. I look forward each time to seeing ancient Rome.

[@AncientRomeLive]

Enjoy!!

[@RP-mm9ie]

Thanks

[@user-uz2op6og3l]

Great!

[@isabelallende4737]

THANK YOU! Last time i visited the forum I was close to having a stroke, it was so hot and it all went over my head 🥵

[@AncientRomeLive]

Sorry to hear that

[@marthaarya167]

Interesting

[@josephhaack5711]

History major myself, retired Army officer

[@lesterdryden7350]

Your videos are always interesting & informative however even after having been to Rome once I found this walk through a bit disorientating. Please try to redo this video, interspersing it with breakaways of an aerial, (plan view) map where you have red marked each site feature as you go along and the path you have taken so that viewers can get their bearings & see structures in context with the overall site. Thanks

[@AncientRomeLive]

Another video, another format- many more ways to share the Forum.

[@robbillington1982]

Commented on one of your videos yesterday about this. Instead of the marble strewn on the ground, they need to rebuild what remains of these monuments. Else it looks like a load of random stones.

[@AncientRomeLive]

There are good examples Anastylosis in the forum (Temple of Vesta), but most of the sites reviewed are more poorly preserved - so reconstruction not feasible …See our recent video on Anastylosis

[@robertgiles9124]

What is that Lone column with the base at 7:59? Someone has a column almost exactly the same for their monument in Oaklan'd California's Mountain View Cemetery. Same size too it seems so I'm betting they were influenced by this.

[@AncientRomeLive]

You referring to the Column of Phocas?

[@robertgiles9124]

Yes! ​@@AncientRomeLive

[@robertgiles9124]

Yes ​@@AncientRomeLive

[@robertgiles9124]

​It will not let me post a link but if you vist our FB page for Mountain View cemetery and scroll down for a minute you can find it. And more shots later.@@AncientRomeLive

[@AntPDC]

Thank you, but if this was intended to educate us contextually, I didn't learn much. You gave labels to structures in your narration, but you tell us nothing about them. For example, I know what the cloaca maxima is, but many don't. Or is it that you are assuming your audience has a working knowledge of ancient Rome's history and architecture? In which case, they know it all anyway, so what's the point?

[@dirksawyer5667]

I think this intentionally short video walk serves a number of purposes. For those of us with more complete knowledge of this area of the Forum, it is a pleasant trip to refresh memories. For those less well acquainted with the Forum, it serves as an introduction, hopefully inspiring further research.

[@AntPDC]

Fine, I suppose. @@dirksawyer5667

[@Django44]

Agreed.

[@AncientRomeLive]

It adds to our growing body of work on the forum. We have 4 other ones on archaic, Republican, Augustan, and late antique forum.