Regio VIII (Forum Romanum)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
The eighth administrative region of ancient Rome was created by the Augustan reforms of 7 BCE. Regio VIII contained 34 shrines (aediculae), 130 townhouses (domūs), 18 warehouses (horrea), 85 baths (balneae), and 120 fountains.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/337325364
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- Regio VIII (Forum Romanum) part of (analytical) Roma (unspecified date range)
- Aqua Cernens located at Regio VIII (Forum Romanum) (unspecified date range)
- Atrium Caci part of (analytical) Regio VIII (Forum Romanum) (unspecified date range)
- Atrium Vestae part of (analytical) Regio VIII (Forum Romanum) (unspecified date range)
- Basilica Julia part of (analytical) Regio VIII (Forum Romanum) (unspecified date range)
- Elephas herbarius part of (analytical) Regio VIII (Forum Romanum) (unspecified date range)
- Forum Augusti part of (analytical) Regio VIII (Forum Romanum) (unspecified date range)
- Forum of Nerva part of (analytical) Regio VIII (Forum Romanum) (unspecified date range)
- Graecostadium part of (analytical) Regio VIII (Forum Romanum) (unspecified date range)
- Horrea Agrippiana part of (analytical) Regio VIII (Forum Romanum) (unspecified date range)
- Porticus margaritaria part of (analytical) Regio VIII (Forum Romanum) (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus part of (analytical) Regio VIII (Forum Romanum) (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Mars Ultor part of (analytical) Regio VIII (Forum Romanum) (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Vesta at Rome part of (analytical) Regio VIII (Forum Romanum) (unspecified date range)
- Vicus Iugarius part of (analytical) Regio VIII (Forum Romanum) (unspecified date range)
region
Pleiades
The perimeter of the region was said to be 13,067 Roman feet or approximately 3.86 km.
Jeffrey Becker, 'Regio VIII (Forum Romanum): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/337325364> [accessed: 22 December 2024]
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