The Roman Forum, (Latin: Forum Romanum) sometimes known by its original Latin title,
is located between the Palatine hill and the Capitoline hill of the city of Rome.
It is the central area around which the ancient Roman civilization developed.
Citizens referred to the location as the "Forum Magnum" or just the "Forum".

The oldest and most important structures of the ancient city are located in the forum,
including its ancient former royal residency the Regia and the surrounding complex of the
Vestal virgins. The Old Republic had its formal
Comitium there where the senate, as well as Republican government began.
The forum served as a city square and central hub where the people of Rome
gathered for justice, and faith.
The forum was also the economic hub of the city
and considered to be the center of the Republic and Empire.