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Foro di Cesare

Name: Foro di Cesare
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Walk past the Foro di Cesare, the first of Rome's Imperial Fora, along Via dei Fori Imperiali. Spot the standing columns marking Caesar's temple to Venus Genetrix as you trace the sequence of forums built by later emperors.

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Reasons to go

Dedicated in 46 BC, it was the first of the Imperial Fora built by Julius Caesar.
Its centerpiece temple honored Venus Genetrix, whom Caesar claimed as his family's divine ancestor.
It set the precedent later emperors followed by building their own adjoining fora.

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Full description

Commissioned by Julius Caesar and dedicated in 46 BC, this forum centered on a temple to Venus Genetrix, the goddess Caesar claimed as his family's mythical ancestor, and set the precedent that later emperors would follow with their own adjoining fora. Relatively modest ruins survive compared to the scale implied by its historical importance, with a handful of standing columns marking where the temple once stood.

Free to view from Via dei Fori Imperiali, it's typically taken in as part of a walk past the string of Imperial Fora rather than visited on its own. It suits visitors tracing the full arc of Rome's forum-building emperors.

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Address

Via dei Fori Imperiali, 1, 00186 Roma RM, Italy · Campitelli

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Booking

Walk-in

Duration

20 min

Best time

early morning or early evening

Intensity

Easy pace

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Good to know

View it for free from Via dei Fori Imperiali, with no separate ticket required
combine with a walk past the neighboring Forum of Augustus and Forum of Nerva along the same street
it's a brief stop, best paired with the larger Roman Forum and Colosseum visit nearby.

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Reviews

It used to be a fort of Caesar

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