Forum of Caesar

The Forum of Caesar and the Temple of Venus Genetrix were opened in 46 BC, the last day of celebrations for Julius Caesar’s victory over Pompey. The construction of a new forum, destined to broaden the already congested spaces of the Roman Forum, had already been planned in 54 BC as documented in a letter by Cicerone to his friend Attico saying that he was instructed by Caesar (who was then busy in Gaul) to purchase the land. To complete the complex it was necessary to first make embankments on the slopes of the Capitoline Hill.