The Roman Forum: a reconstruction and architectural guide

"The Roman Forum was in many ways the heart of the Roman Empire. Today, the Forum exists in a fragmentary state, having been destroyed and plundered by barbarians, aristocrats, citizens and priests over the past two millennia. Enough remains, however, for archaeologists to reconstruct its spectacular buildings and monuments. This richly illustrated volume provides an architectural history of the central section of the Roman Forum during the Empire (31 BCE-476 CE), from the Temple of Julius Caesar to the monuments on the slope of the Capitoline hill. Bringing together state-of-the-art technology in architectural illustration and the expertise of a prominent Roman archaeologist, this book offers a unique reconstruction of the Forum, providing architectural history, a summary of each building's excavation and research, scaled digital plans, elevations, and reconstructed aerial images that not only shed light on the Forum's history but vividly bring it to life. With this book, scholars, students, architects and artists will be able to visualize for the first time since antiquity the character, design and appearance of the famous heart of ancient Rome"--

pt. I. Architecture in the Roman Forum during the Empire : a brief history -- 1. The Augustan Reconstruction (31 BCE-14 CE) -- Prologue : the Republican forum (508-31) -- Problems and resources -- Buildings -- Meaning -- 2. From Tiberius to Phocas (14-608 CE) -- Tiberius (14-608 CE) -- The Flavians (69-96) -- Antoninus Pius (138-161) -- Septimus Severus (193-211) -- Maximian and Diocletian (285-305) -- restoration of the Temple of Saturn (c.360) -- The end of the Roman Forum (after 608) -- pt. II. The monuments -- 3. The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina -- History -- The building -- 4. The Temple of Caesar (Aedes divi Iuli) -- History -- The building -- 5. The Basilica Aemilia -- History -- Modern reconstructions -- 6. The Curia -- History -- 7. The Arch of Septimius Severus -- History -- The Arch of Severus -- 8. Minor monuments -- The west rostra -- The Umbilicus Urbis Romae/Mundus -- The Miliarium Aureum Urbis Romae -- The east rostra -- 9. The Temple of Concord -- History -- The temple -- 10. The Temple of Vespasian -- History -- Structure -- 11. The Tabularium -- History -- Structure -- 12. Portico of the Dei Consentes -- History -- Structure -- 13. The Temple of Saturn -- Hi…