Roman Forum: Timeline

46 BC   Cicero Cicero

[i]) was an [[orator]... 

, in Rome Rome

Rome is the capital [i] of Italy [i] and of its region, called Latium [i]. ... 

, writes to Varro "If our voices are no longer heard in the Senate Senate

A senate is a deliberative body [i], often the upper house [i] or chamber of a legislature [i]. ... 

 and in the Forum Roman Forum

The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome [i] developed, in which commerce, busines ... 

, let us follow the example of the ancient sages and serve our country through our writings, concentrating on questions of ethics and constitutional law."

118   The Roman Forum, which had been commissioned by the late Emperor Trajan Trajan

Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus , Roman Emperor [i] , commonly called , was the second of th ... 

, is finished.

308   Maxentius starts the construction of the basilica bearing his name, the largest building in the Roman Forum.