Regio VIII Forum Romanum (ancient Rome)

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administrative region of ancient Rome regio of Rome

Regio VIII Forum Romanum was one of the 14 administrative regions of ancient Rome, encompassing the political, religious, and commercial heart of the city centered on the Roman Forum.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Regio VIII Forum Romanum	8
Regio VIII Forum Romanum (ancient Rome) canonical	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative region of ancient Rome ⓘ regio of Rome ⓘ
administrativeSystem	Augustan regional division of Rome ⓘ
borders	Temple of Peace ⓘ surface form: Regio IV Templum Pacis Regio IX Circus Flaminius ⓘ Regio VI Alta Semita ⓘ Regio VII Via Lata ⓘ Regio X Palatium ⓘ Regio XI Circus Maximus ⓘ
centeredOn	Roman Forum ⓘ
contains	Arch of Septimius Severus ⓘ Arch of Titus ⓘ surface form: Arch of Titus (on the Via Sacra) Basilica Aemilia ⓘ Basilica Julia ⓘ Basilica Opimia (earlier Republican period) ⓘ Basilica Porcia (earlier Republican period) ⓘ Basilica Sempronia (earlier Republican period) ⓘ Capitoline Hill ⓘ Clivus Capitolinus ⓘ Comitium ⓘ Curia Hostilia ⓘ surface form: Curia Hostilia site Curia Julia ⓘ Forum Romanum ⓘ Graecostasis ⓘ House of the Vestal Virgins ⓘ Lapis Niger ⓘ Milliarium Aureum ⓘ Palatine Hill ⓘ surface form: Palatine Hill (northern slopes and adjacent areas) Regia ⓘ Rostra ⓘ Shrine of Vulcan (Vulcanal) ⓘ Tabularium ⓘ Temple of Antoninus and Faustina ⓘ Temple of Castor and Pollux ⓘ Temple of Concord ⓘ Temple of Divus Augustus (edge or adjacent) ⓘ Temple of Divus Romulus ⓘ Temple of Fides (probable) ⓘ Temple of Janus Geminus (probable) ⓘ Temple of Divus Julius ⓘ surface form: Temple of Julius Caesar Temple of Ops (probable) ⓘ Temple of Saturn ⓘ Temple of Saturn portico with statues ⓘ Temple of Saturn steps leading to the Clivus Capitolinus ⓘ Temple of Saturn ⓘ surface form: Temple of Saturn treasury (aerarium) Temple of Venus and Roma ⓘ surface form: Temple of Venus and Roma (edge of the region) Temple of Vespasian and Titus ⓘ Temple of Vesta ⓘ Temple of Vesta sacred fire ⓘ Roman Forum ⓘ surface form: Umbilicus Urbis Romae Via Sacra ⓘ
function	commercial center of Rome ⓘ political center of Rome ⓘ religious center of Rome ⓘ
hasLatinName	Regio VIII Forum Romanum (ancient Rome) self-link ⓘ surface form: Regio VIII Forum Romanum
hasNumber	VIII ⓘ
hasSignificance	contained many of Rome’s most important temples and public buildings ⓘ major hub of Roman commerce ⓘ symbolic heart of Roman political life ⓘ symbolic heart of Roman religious life ⓘ
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod	Principate ⓘ surface form: Imperial Rome
modernLocation	historic center of modern Rome, Italy ⓘ
namedAfter	Forum Romanum ⓘ
partOf	Augustan 14 regions of Rome ⓘ Rome ⓘ surface form: city of Rome

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Input

Subject: Regio VIII Forum Romanum (ancient Rome)
Description of subject: Regio VIII Forum Romanum was one of the 14 administrative regions of ancient Rome, encompassing the political, religious, and commercial heart of the city centered on the Roman Forum.

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Forum Romanum → locatedIn → Regio VIII Forum Romanum (ancient Rome) ⓘ

Regio VIII Forum Romanum (ancient Rome) → hasLatinName → Regio VIII Forum Romanum (ancient Rome) self-link ⓘ

subject surface form: Regio VIII Forum Romanum