Rome part 5

The Roman Forum is what’s left of the capital of the Roman Empire. What’s now ruins and rocks used to be the streets and buildings were Julius Caesar was killed, the Senate planned all their wars and Nero watched everything burn.

It’s a very short walk from the Colosseum. Everyone goes there. So did we, of course, but I liked the Forum better. The Colosseum was always crowded and you couldn’t really walk around and take everything in because it was just a mass of people. I guess the way it was back when they used it to kill people. The Forum was never too crowded. I got the impression that people walked by it on their way to the Colosseum and didn’t really know what it was.

You have to wait in a long line to buy a ticket to get into the Colosseum, wait in a long line to get in and pass a security check. Almost like going to a modern sports stadium. To get into the Forum, you just walk in and walk around. It’s free.

The Colosseum is impressive and it’s great to imagine all the spectacle that went on there, but for historical impact, I’ll take the Forum.


Roman Forum










Colosseum