Miles Shore

Latin I

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Work File

1. Start your tour of ancient Rome with a Map of the
Roman Forum.
2. Your first stop is the arch at the front of the map. This is
the Arch of
Septimius Severus. The name of Geta was erased from
this monument.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Use the map and the
index on the side of the web page to help create a key
for the forum map below by writing the name of the
monument with its corresponding number

Key

1 Basilica Aemilia

5 Temple of Castor and Pollux

9 Tabularium

13 Curia

17 Temple of Antoninus and Faustina

2 The Basilica of Constantine

6 Basilica Julia

10 The Temple of Vespasian

14 Regia

18 Lacus Curtius

3 Temple of Venus and Roma

7 Temple of Saturn

11 Temple of Concordia

15 Temple of Julius Caesar

19 Carcer

4 House of the Vestals

8 Rostra

12 Arch of Septimius Severus

16 Lapis Niger

20 Via Sacra

4. On the side menu, select the Lacus Curtius. According

to one story, a youth named Curtius saved Rome here
by riding a horse into a chasm, thereby closing it.
5. Return to the top of the page (Map of the Roman Forum).
On the side menu, click on the Curia.

Julius Caesar built this building where the surrounding

structures met.
6. Now, go to the Rostra. What was the purpose of this
structure? To be a speakers platform.
7. Go to the Templum Castoris. Three massive columns are
all that are left of this
temple.
8. Click on the Templum Juli. This temple was built on the
site of the funeral pyre of Julius Caesar.
9. Go to the Templum Vestae. What articles were housed in
this temple? Public Treaties, imperial wills, and other
state documents.

10. Go to the Tabularium. This building was used to store

the state archives, such as deeds, laws, treaties, and
decrees of the senate.
11. Go to the Milliarium Aureum. What was inscribed on this
column? The names of the major cities of the Roman
Empire, and their distances from Rome.
12. Find the Basilica Aemelia, Basilica Julia, and the
Basilica Constantini. In ancient Rome, basilicas were
used as law courts, later a basilica design was used for
Christian architecture.
13. Now, go to The Roman Colosseum. The original name
for the Colosseum was Amphitheatrum Flavium.
14. Go to the Templum Saturni. What did the god Saturn
guard in this building? Treasure.
15. What was the name of the road (via) that ran through the
Forum? Via Sacra