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New evidence for the design and urban integration of the Forum of Caesar, Forum of Augustus, Curia Julia, and Chalcidicum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2021

Wladek Fuchs
Wladek Fuchs*
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School of Architecture, University of Detroit Mercy
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Abstract

This article presents a new hypothesis about the urban arrangement and function of the southeast end of the Forum of Caesar, together with the Forum of Augustus, the Curia Julia and the present-day church of SS. Luca e Martina, when the area was finalized in 2 BCE. The analysis focuses on the geometric framework of the extant structures and the topography of the site and, in relation to them, a new interpretation of the historical records and the archaeological data. It demonstrates that Augustus and his architects authored the urban composition and architectural forms of the entire area, including making significant changes to the original design of the Forum of Caesar. The article also shows that the site of the church of SS. Luca e Martina was the location of the Augustan Chalcidicum, which served as the monumental entrance to the first two Imperial fora.

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Forum of CaesarForum of AugustusTemple of Mars UltorCuria JuliaChalcidicum
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Journal of Roman Archaeology , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , December 2021 , pp. 511 - 551
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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