Arc of Titus

Field Study - The Roman Forum

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February 26th 2009
Today for class we had a field study of the Roman Forum. We only covered the center area of the Forum. We learned about the Temples that worshiped the many Gods that the Ancient Romans believed in. Also we learned about how the emperor, after a war was won, would ride into the Forum along the sacred road (via sacra) and then get off his chariot, sacrifice an animal to the God Jupiter (which was ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more