As today was a free day, I decided to take the time to catch up on some sleep and work. Since a lot of people went to the Roman forum, I did some research about the forum and am going to put it on my blog.
The Roman Forum is located in a valley that is between the Palatine hill and the Capitoline hill. It originally was a marsh, but the Romans drained the area and turned it into a center of political and social activity. The Forum was the marketplace of Rome and also the business district and civic center. It was expanded to include temples, a senate house and law courts. When the Roman Empire fell, the Forum became forgotten, buried and was used as a cattle pasture during the Middle Ages. (http://ancient-rome.tripod.com/romanforum/roman_forum.htm)
Also, Since I created my Weebly on Roman Architecture, I am going to post information on here about the Arch of Titus (which by the Fourm).
The Arch of Titus was built at one end of the Roman Forum in the 80's AD to remind people about the Emperor Titus' victories in the war against the Jews in Israel. It is part marble and part travertine. Titus was actually already dead when the arch was built, but Titus' younger brotherDomitian was emperor, and he wanted people to remember his brother Titus. So the inscription has Titus' name on it. (It says, the Senate and the People of Rome, to the Divine Titus, son of the Divine Vespasian, Vespasian Augustus). The letters were originally picked out in shining bronze letters, but the bronze has been stolen away and melted down.
On each side of the fornix, or arch, are engaged fluted columns, the captials of which are the earliest example of the Composite style.
The inside of the arch has relief (raised) carvings showing the victory parade when Titus got back to Rome.
You can see the Roman soldiers carrying a huge menorah (candlestick) which they had taken from the Jews. They are about to go under a triumphal arch.
On the other side, the Emperor Titus (whose head is missing now) rides in a chariot drawn by four horses.
The holes were made by people in the Middle Ages digging out the lead clamps which once held the travertine blocks together. They wanted to melt down the lead to make new things.
The treasures of the Temple of Jerusalem are shown being carried on
litters (fercula) in the triumphal procession of AD 71. They include
the seven-branched candelabrum (menorah), silver trumpets, and the
table for the shewbread. Two plaques carried aloft would have had the
names of conquered cities inscribed on them. After the triumph, the
treasures were placed in the Temple of Peace in the Forum of
Vespasian.
On each side of the fornix, or arch, are engaged fluted columns, the captials of which are the earliest example of the Composite style.
The inside of the arch has relief (raised) carvings showing the victory parade when Titus got back to Rome.
You can see the Roman soldiers carrying a huge menorah (candlestick) which they had taken from the Jews. They are about to go under a triumphal arch.
On the other side, the Emperor Titus (whose head is missing now) rides in a chariot drawn by four horses.
The holes were made by people in the Middle Ages digging out the lead clamps which once held the travertine blocks together. They wanted to melt down the lead to make new things.
The treasures of the Temple of Jerusalem are shown being carried on
litters (fercula) in the triumphal procession of AD 71. They include
the seven-branched candelabrum (menorah), silver trumpets, and the
table for the shewbread. Two plaques carried aloft would have had the
names of conquered cities inscribed on them. After the triumph, the
treasures were placed in the Temple of Peace in the Forum of
Vespasian.
Preceded by his lictors, Titus, in a quadriga, is led by Dea Roma, the
Goddess of Rome, into the City, as the Goddess of Victory crowns the
triumphator. The personifications of the senate and people of Rome are
at his side. The deeply carved reliefs, with the figures in the
foreground casting their shadows on those behind, create an illusion
of movement and depth that, together with the human and allegorical
figures, make these panels the most important sculpture of the Flavian
period.
Goddess of Rome, into the City, as the Goddess of Victory crowns the
triumphator. The personifications of the senate and people of Rome are
at his side. The deeply carved reliefs, with the figures in the
foreground casting their shadows on those behind, create an illusion
of movement and depth that, together with the human and allegorical
figures, make these panels the most important sculpture of the Flavian
period.
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