. ating with vaulted chambers, which are sup-posed to have been used as offices.—3. ForumAugusti, built by Augustus, because the twoexisting fora were not found sufficient for thegreat increase of business which had takenplace. It stood behind the Forum Julium, andits entrance at the other end was by an arch,now called Arco de Pantani. Augustusadorned it with a temple of Mars Ultor, andwith the statues of the most distinguished men forum lying in the narrow strip between theForum Pacis and the Forum Augusti. Itwas begun by Domitian.
. ating with vaulted chambers, which are sup-posed to have been used as offices.—3. ForumAugusti, built by Augustus, because the twoexisting fora were not found sufficient for thegreat increase of business which had takenplace. It stood behind the Forum Julium, andits entrance at the other end was by an arch,now called Arco de Pantani. Augustusadorned it with a temple of Mars Ultor, andwith the statues of the most distinguished men forum lying in the narrow strip between theForum Pacis and the Forum Augusti. Itwas begun by Domitian. who demolished theprivate buildings on this strip, and it. wasfinished by Nerva. It was called Transitoriumbecause it served as a passage from the ForumRomanum to the Subura and Carinae. It wassometimes called Forum Palladium, because atemple of Minerva stood in it. There was alsoa sanctuary of Janus Quadrifrons at the inter-section of the roads communicating with theother fora and with the Subura [see p. 498, a].There are some remains of these temples and. Relief from the Arch of Aurcllus showing the front of the Capltollnc Temple. of the republic. There are magnificent remainsof the wall which enclosed this forum, «<; feethigh, built of blocks of peperino in three stages,divided by string courses of travertine ; archeddoorways are traceable.—4. The Forum Pacisof Vespasian lay to the SE. of the Forum ofAugustus, divided from it by the stri ct lendingto the Subura. In it was the Temple of Peacededicated by Vespasian after the end of theJewish war and containing spoils from theJewish Temple. Part of the circuit wall ofthis forum remains, opposite the N\V. endof the Basilica of Constantine.—5. ForumNervae or Forum Transitorium, was a small of the wall of the forum.—6. Forum Trajani, built by the emperor Trajan, who employed thearchitect Apollodorus for the purpose. It laybetween the Forum of Augustus and the CampusMartius. It was the most splendid of all thefora, and
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