Roman Forum | Rome, Italy [Archive]

Eletrix

August 9th, 2004, 01:50 AM

http://www.giovannirinaldi.it/page/rome/romaforo/romaforo0006.jpg
http://www.activitaly.it/monument/imago/2.jpg
http://www.giovannirinaldi.it/page/rome/romaforo/romaforo0009.jpg
http://www.abcroma.com/Monumenti/Images/ArcoSevero-D1.jpg
http://www.abcroma.com/Monumenti/Images/ArcoSevero-D2.jpg
http://www.abcroma.com/Monumenti/Images/ForoRomano-D4.jpg
http://www.giovannirinaldi.it/page/rome/romaforo/romaforo0031.jpg
http://www.giovannirinaldi.it/page/rome/romaforo/romaforo0085.jpg
http://www.giovannirinaldi.it/page/rome/romaforo/romaforo0043.jpg
http://www.giovannirinaldi.it/page/rome/romaforo/romaforo0056.jpg

chayves4u

August 9th, 2004, 02:03 AM

Mmm. Stunning. How could you not give it a 10?

Rapid

August 9th, 2004, 02:23 AM

Back then, it would be a 10
Today's standards, it would be a 0, because its in ruins

Median of 10 and 0 is 5

So a 5/10!

Matthieu

August 9th, 2004, 11:26 AM

I'm not a fan of the Forum.

therock

September 3rd, 2004, 11:53 PM

10/10!

Phobos

September 4th, 2004, 11:15 PM

10 because of it's historic value

capitan harlock

October 6th, 2004, 12:52 AM

grande Eletrix!!ho dato un bel 10 cosi comemi apresto a darlo a tutti i monumenti
italiani ,,,
è inutile per quel che riguarda e monumenti siamo i numeri1..
peccato che non sia cosi anche per i simboli dell' archittettura moderna , come i grattacielei:-(

AcesHigh

October 20th, 2004, 07:56 PM

couldnt anyone post pictures of how it looked back when it was not destroyed?

CAESARS-PALACe

October 21st, 2004, 01:21 AM

Some basic computer reconstructions, there are much better ones though including entire "Virtual Reality"-movie reconstructions.

Now :
http://www.capitolium.org/photo/az/img_01.jpg

Before :
http://www.capitolium.org/photo/az/img_02.jpg

Now :
http://www.capitolium.org/photo/az/img_05.jpg

Before :
http://www.capitolium.org/photo/az/img_06.jpg

drawing :
http://daphne.palomar.edu/mhudelson/WorksofArt/07Roman/2947.jpg

AcesHigh

October 21st, 2004, 02:25 AM

where people were living in Rome when all of this was destroyed? Like... in Medieval Times... were these buildings already destroyed? WHEN were they destroyed? Ok, Rome was sacked... many times... but didnt the powers there (the catholic church for example) rebuild ANYTHING of the old times?

And how could some of these ruins be simply covered by earth and had to be escavated later? Wasnt the city always populated?? How could people see earth accumulating over the buildings and dont take it out?

jmancuso

October 21st, 2004, 02:39 AM

just watch the movie, gladiator, it has some awesome re-creations of rome...

http://deinterlace.sourceforge.net/screenshots/Gladiator_Rome_Greets.jpg

Ellatur

October 21st, 2004, 03:06 AM

i heart ancient rome :) 9.5

AcesHigh

October 21st, 2004, 03:38 AM

Rome in the Gladiator movie...

is the scale of people in this pcture correct?? They look SOOO small compared to the buildings and Coliseum!! Those strcutures around seem to be at least 15 floors tall!!

http://deinterlace.sourceforge.net/screenshots/Gladiator_Rome_Greets.jpg
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/passion-dvd/Rome.jpg
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/passion-dvd/Rome2.jpg

funny how Rome looks like a cold northern european country in this movie, as opposed to old movies about Rome from the 50s and 60s, which showed Rome as always sunny and bright. Here, they used some kind of blue filter to give a cold aspect...

these come from another movie... older movie, due to the bright colors
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/passion-dvd/Defile5.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/passion-dvd/Defile6.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/passion-dvd/Defile7.jpg

http://www.photo.net/photo/pcd0795/ancient-rome-model-2.4.jpg

AcesHigh

October 21st, 2004, 03:42 AM

wouldnt it be cool if they restored that central plaza of Rome (Senate plaza?) to become exactly as it was in the glory days of Rome?

Fabio

January 24th, 2005, 06:18 AM

8/10

for what it is now, because before it was 10 for sure

GVNY

February 25th, 2005, 10:57 AM

The Gladiator film was definitely out of scale and the layout was just plain wrong. There was no 15 story tall Coliseum or senate houses, no large round square as shown in the movie and the forum didn't head into the Coliseum. There were other buildings in front of it.

You know, I don't think the Romans would have wanted their magnificent structures to rot. I would love to see them rebuilt, along with the Coloseum. How amazing would that be? I rate the forums a 10. We are rating them for their architecture, not their ruins.

GVNY

February 25th, 2005, 01:11 PM

http://www.fondosescritorio.net/wallpapers/Lugares-Del-Mundo/Roma/Rome-Csg-018-Roman-Forum-Reconstruction.jpg

http://www.fondosescritorio.net/wallpapers/Lugares-Del-Mundo/Roma/Rome-Csg-014-Roman-Forum-Reconstruction.jpg

http://www.utexas.edu/courses/lat311moore/LAT311images/lat311images2/rostracuria.jpg

forvine

December 18th, 2005, 10:29 AM

7.5/10

nukey

December 23rd, 2005, 01:26 AM

10 should be the only allowed choice here...

Reflex

December 23rd, 2005, 02:18 AM

7/10.

Sinjin P.

December 23rd, 2005, 04:34 AM

10/10 Big thanks to my Geography teacher.

Mosaic

May 15th, 2006, 10:31 AM

8/10

El_Greco

May 18th, 2006, 08:50 PM

10.

Arpels

May 18th, 2006, 11:38 PM

10/10 to this fantastic ruins!!

LordMarshall

May 19th, 2006, 05:21 AM

10/10

Mosaic

May 31st, 2006, 10:11 AM

10/10

crossbowman

June 29th, 2006, 06:14 PM

9/10

marpa

June 30th, 2006, 10:35 PM

9/10

Prosciutto

July 3rd, 2006, 10:44 PM

10/10

delmaule

November 10th, 2006, 10:36 PM

8.5/10

_zner_

December 7th, 2006, 06:24 AM

10. very historical!

Thunderbolt55

January 15th, 2007, 04:04 AM

10/10

Sbz2ifc

January 15th, 2007, 06:00 PM

10/10

Dreamlıneя

January 19th, 2007, 05:17 AM

10 :yes:

gutooo

January 21st, 2007, 12:33 AM

9.5/10

Popiel

December 5th, 2007, 01:32 AM

10/10 :banana:

fraanZ

December 17th, 2007, 08:04 PM

10/10

it's the Eternal City... and becoz it's my city :p

TU 'cane

December 21st, 2007, 05:22 AM

It's Rome... If you don't give it a 10, then idk.

LMCA1990

February 20th, 2008, 05:19 AM

10/10

Cerises

March 28th, 2008, 11:00 PM

9/10

BlackLukes

April 2nd, 2008, 08:29 PM

10/10

-=JAG=-

April 3rd, 2008, 04:13 PM

10/10!Im a big fan of ancient rome!

Fundador

April 22nd, 2008, 02:18 AM

8/10:)

ZZ-II

May 11th, 2008, 09:17 PM

9/10

Nikkodemo

May 28th, 2008, 07:56 AM

:drool:

10/10

Astralis

June 14th, 2008, 01:39 PM

3/10 It's pure ruins :ohno:...

Ballota

July 9th, 2008, 03:55 PM

8/10 :okay:

harns

July 10th, 2008, 08:16 PM

I love ancient rome!

HKG

August 23rd, 2008, 09:25 PM

Definitely 10/10 !

Overground

August 23rd, 2008, 10:48 PM

11/10. Magnificent.

Ribarca

August 31st, 2008, 08:24 AM

10/10 in istorical significance.

How many buildings in Rome have made use of the materials of the old rome.

ruben.briosa

August 31st, 2008, 08:27 AM

10/10!

Kawasaki KG

September 6th, 2008, 01:22 PM

9/10

baracuda79

September 6th, 2008, 04:30 PM

just awesome :cheers: 10

henry hill

October 17th, 2008, 12:02 AM

10 because of it's historic value

True! Still on it is necessary to look.

It should not be spelled, that it's too bad that there are no glass windows and air-conditioning.

10/10

CreaTurco

November 22nd, 2008, 12:38 AM

10!

Inconfidente

December 12th, 2008, 03:16 AM

10/10

m3nyun

December 23rd, 2008, 07:26 AM

10/10

can_91

January 9th, 2009, 03:58 PM

9/10

Black Label

February 24th, 2009, 02:53 PM

Mmm. Stunning. How could you not give it a 10?

Indeed.

fharz

March 2nd, 2009, 08:06 AM

10/10 it was really historic buildings. and really ancient times architecture,,,

tonyssa

June 4th, 2009, 12:32 AM

10/10

wise_zech

September 19th, 2009, 09:15 AM

10/10 very nice

Jan Del Castillo

September 24th, 2009, 04:01 AM

10. Excellent. Regards.

xavarreiro

October 22nd, 2009, 06:02 AM

10/10

Heroico

November 14th, 2009, 06:29 PM

NYCD

December 26th, 2009, 10:24 AM

A lot of Roman structures were used as quarry in the Middle Ages, but what is truly sad is that I read in a book, "A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome." That the forums of Rome, were pretty much INTACT all the way up till the 1400-1500's! And only were they buried under dirt and debris, but were pretty much all still standing!!!!

It was only then that a Pope during the time decided to quarry the Forums, and take all of their stone, marbles, decoratve feature to help build Vatican City and other churches through Rome, Michaelangelo himself tried to persuade the Pope otherwise, but it did not work.

So basically the Roman Forums survived until about the Renaissance were they were destroyed and used to create other structres.

Sad that they lasted so long only to be destroyed by the wishes of a Pope. :ohno: