#LostRome

The Macellum Magnum or "Great Market" of Nero, constructed on the Caelian Hill in 59 AD. Shown here in remarkable detail on dupondii coins of Nero, the two-storey colonnaded market

The Meta Sudans was a monumental public fountain that stood near the Colosseum at the entrance to the Sacred Way. Built by the Flavians around the same time as their

Augustus built his Parthian Arch at the eastern end of the Roman Forum between the Temple of Castor and Pollux and the Temple of Caesar. Constructed around 17 BC, it

The Basilica Ulpia towered over Trajan's Forum complex, the architectural culmination of all the imperial fora. Completed in 112 AD with construction overseen by the architect Apollodorus of Damascus, it

The Temple of Peace or 'Templum Pacis' was built by Vespasian to commemorate the capture of Jerusalem and the conclusion of the hard-fought Jewish War in 71 AD. The vast