The Forum Romanum was the Downtown of ancient Rome - and of the Roman Empire. The three columns bottom left are the most prominent remains of the Tempio di Castore e Polluce, The Temple Of Castor and Pollux. Above them you see the Arco di Settimio Severo, Arch Of Septimius Severus, and to its left the Rome Townhall, at the border of the acheological area. To the right of the Arco di Settimio Severo you see the Curia, the home of Roman politics - the meeting place of the Roman Senate. The Roman Senate met here during the reign of Julius Caesar, Augustus, Domitian and Diocletian. The building middle right is the Tempio di Antonin e Faustina, a temple built as a memorial to his late wife, Empress Faustina in 141 AD by Emperor Antonius Pius. The Temple Of Antonino And Faustina is partly well preserved because a Christian church was erected within it. Bottom middle you see the circle with columns on the left side - that's part of the Casa delle Vestali, the Home Of The Vestal Virgins.
Bottom right you see the remains of the Basilica Giulia, the main Roman Court Of Law, which was built in 55 BC by Julius Caesar. Right behind it on the left you can see the columns with a bit of wall behind them which is the House of the Vestal Virgins, and of course the three impressive columns right behind the Basilica Giulia, which are the Temple Of Castor And Pollux. Bottom right is the base of the Palatine Hill. At the extreme left you can just see the Colonna di Foca. The Column of Phocus was the last monument to be erected in the Forum Romanum before the final fall of the Roman Empire. It was erected in 608 AD in honour of the Byzantine Emperor Phocus, for giving The Pantheon to the Catholic Church.
The Arch Of Titus is on the Sacred Road leading through the Forum Romanum down to the Arch Of Constantine and The Flavian Amphitheatre, or The Colosseum as it is generally known today, with the Palatine Hill to the right.
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