CHAPTER SEVEN - arthistorysurvey1

The forum, as it sits today, was a swampy marshland saddled between two hills – the Palatine and Capitoline. The Cloaca Maxima, or giant drain, was built to funnel rainwater out of the forum and into the Tiber River in the 7th century BCE. The Forum Romanum is the heart of the ancient city, and therefore the heart of the Empire. ................
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