The Roman Forum was built in Rome, Italy in 29 BC. by Augustus. It is located in between the Palatine Hills and Capitoline hills. When Augustus first built the Roman Forum, it had three arches. Soft schools’ states that “The land used to build the Roman Forum is believed to have been a burial site in the past.” The romans had to drain the land, so they could build the forum. The Roman Forum was made from stone, and it had a platform for the Romans to speak on. The Roman Forum is a rectangular shaped forum. “Its size was 250 by 170 meters (820 by 560 feet)” says just fun facts. It was common for all roman cities to have a Forum. Forum is a Latin word meaning open space or market place. The Roman Forum was very similar to the Greek Agora
