Caesar's Forum sits at the foot of the Capitoline Hill, on the opposite side of Via dei Fori Imperiali to most of the other Imperial Forums. Caesar claimed the goddess Venus in his family tree and his forum included a temple dedicated to her. Nowadays, all that remains of the forum are three columns on a raised platform and a rectangular stretch of grass with piles of broken pillars.
Foro di Cesare
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