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Arch of Septimius SeverusRome Forum Romanum Arch Septimius SeverusMilliarium AureumKonkordiatempelRostraTemple of SaturnTemple of SaturnTomb of RomulusTomb of RomulusPhokassäuleTemple of VespasianTemple of Vespasian and TitusTabulariumCuria Iulia frontBronze doors San Giovanni in LateranoCuria Julia InsideTemple of VeiovisStatue, Temple of VeiovisBasilica IuliaBasilica Aemilia et FulviaHead of Ptolemy X AlexanderHead of Ptolemy X AlexanderHead of Ptolemy X AlexanderBrothel with madam and three whoresFragment Tabula PeutingerianaMaquette de Rome à l'époque de ConstantinForum CaesarActiumbogenPorticus IuliaTemple of Castor and Pollux

Location:

  • Italy, Rome
  • geo:41.892742,12.484598
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • -200 / 500

Class:

  • Building (other)
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

Umbilicus urbis Romae was the symbolic centre of the city between the Arch of Septimius Severus and the Vulcanal. According to the legend there was gate to the underworld - Mundus and Umbilicus urbis Romae could be a part of the subterranean Mundus.

See:

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbilicus_urbis_Romae
  2. Gilbert J. Gorski; James E. Packer. The Roman Forum: A Reconstruction and Architectural Guide. Cambridge University Press. 2015,  p. 155.

Relevant museums

Ara Pacis Museum

Ara Pacis Museum

Rome, Vatican Museums

Rome, Vatican Museums

Rome, Museo nazionale della civiltà romana

Rome, Museo nazionale della civiltà romana - Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography.

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Collection of ancient manuscripts, including papyri, ostraca, and the Peutinger Map

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre

Prefectural Museum of Antiquities (Rouen)

Prefectural Museum of Antiquities (Rouen)


Nearby

Arch of Septimius Severus

Arch of Septimius Severus

Milliarium Aureum

Milliarium Aureum - "golden milestone'

Tempel der Konkordia

Tempel – Roma – Rom – Latium – Italien


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