OPENING HOURS (until September 30, 2026)
Last admission: 6:15 PM (with the "Full Experience" ticket, 6:00 PM), (with the "Full Experience Arena and Underground" ticket, 5:20 PM)
TICKETS
You can visit the archaeological area of the Roman Forum - Palatine Hill - Imperial Forums with the same ticket for the Colosseum or with the Forum Pass SUPER ticket.
With the Colosseum ticket, you can access the Roman Forum - Palatine Hill at any time within the 24 or 48 hours of ticket validity, both before and
after your visit to the Colosseum (which takes at least 1.5 hours).
The Forum Pass SUPER is valid for 30 days from the date of purchase and allows access to all SUPER sites in the park.
ACCESS POINTS
There are 5 access points to the archaeological area:
See the entrances on the map
The Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill
The Roman Forum is the archaeological area between Piazza Venezia and the Coliseum, and crossed by the Via dei Fori Imperiali; continuing seamlessly on the Palatine and the Capitol, along with the area of Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine, is the largest and most important archaeological site in the world.
Originally occupied by marshes, the Forum area was reclaimed by one of the first urban works of ancient Rome: the Cloaca Maxima, a large water drainage system, so in the end there was nothing left but a pond, the lacus Curtius, which it must then be marked by a small monument, because now completely disappeared.
In the Forum are gathering virtually all the major public and sacred buildings of the Roman Republic: by some of
the oldest Roman temples such as Saturn or sanctuaries of the Dioscuri at different churches like the Basilica Julia and the Basilica Emilia, the oldest,
It founded in the second century. C. and whose remains are now to the right as you enter from the entrance on Via dei Fori Imperiali.
The Curia
Climbing the Via Sacra towards the Capitol, on the right, there is an other building of great importance, the Curia ,
that was the place of meeting of the Senate, the center of power of the Roman Republic.
Right in front of this building there is the Comice, ie the square where the meetings were held before that, until the age of Caesar,
It took place in the Campus Martius.
The Comice is delimited, in the direction of the Capitol, from the wonderful Arch of Septimius Severus , built in the early years
the third century A.D. to depict the important victories of that emperor against the Parthians, who lived in ancient Persia.
Beyond the Arch of Septimius Severus, almost leaning against the foot of the Capitol, there are the remains of other important buildings,
as the Temple of Concord , built by Furio Camillo in 367 BC to celebrate the agreement between patricians and plebeians, the Temple of Vespasian
and Temple of Saturn , one of the oldest and most revered temples of Rome, home also of the Aerarium Saturns cash, ie
state treasury.
The square of the Forum is a large open space occupied only by a few remains, among which the Column of Phocas, the last monument was erected
area, in honor of the Byzantine Emperor Phocas, in 608 A.D. The short side on the side of the Capitol is occupied by the stands of the Rostra,
where the speakers spoke to the crowd assembled in the Comitium.
The forum takes its name from the fact that it was decorated in 338 BC with beaks, namely spurs, placed on the prows of ships
The Romans captured at Anzio.
The tribune of the Rostra is one of the most significant places in the political life of the Roman Republic: here were exposed to the people's heads
citizens who were over the lists of those sentenced to death for political reasons including, in 43 BC, also Cicero's head.
On the short side of the square hole is closed by the base of the temple dedicated to Caesar and the crankcase remains of one of the arches dedicated to Augustus. On the long side on the side of the Palatine, however, are the remains of the Basilica Julia. Just behind the Arch of Augustus to the Temple of Vesta and, behind him, the House of the Vestal Virgins, that the priestesses of the temple. Opposed to it is the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, in front of which stood the Director, one of the oldest buildings around the Roman Forum.
Going back to the Capitol, you meet on the left what is commonly called the Temple of the Divine Romulus and, therefore, the beautiful ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius , building built in the early 4th century A.D. The area of the Forum ends, on the side towards the Colosseum, from the Arch of Titus, built in the time of Domitian to commemorate the victories of Vespasian and Titus over the Jews. Famous is the representation of Tito's triumph, with the legionaries who carry on their shoulders the menorah, the seven-branched candelabrum symbolizing the treasures contained in the Temple of Jerusalem, which was destroyed in A.D. 70, will not be rebuilt.
Between the valley of the Forum and the Circus Maximus, it is the most important of the seven hills of Rome, where, according to tradition, Romulus drew the furrow within which Roma background.
Between the late 9th and early 7th century. B.C. the Latins, descended from the hills of Alba Longa, they settled on the Palatine to defend and control the passage of the Tiber Tiber Island, a natural bridgehead between the Etruscans, who occupied the right bank, and the Latins and the Sabines, on the left bank. When the city expanded, the valley at the foot of the hill, which at the time housed a necropolis, was incorporated into the urban system and turned in the Forum, the center of the political and administrative life.
With the enlargement of the primitive settlement on the nearby hills and the emergence of a larger city, Romulean the city was destroyed and the Palatine Hill, as well as hosting several temples, was chosen because of its central location and healthy for private residences of the rich patricians of republican age.
Augusto, who was born there on the hill, turned it into the seat of the imperial palaces, becoming erect a house of ample proportions. His successors built even more sumptuous palaces.
Crossing the Roman Forum along the Via Sacra and starting from the Colosseum to the foot of the Capitol we find the following ruins:
The S.U.P.E.R. (Seven Unique Places to Experience Rome) sites are special locations within the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill that allow visitors to delve deeper into life in ancient Rome, including through immersive technologies and virtual narratives.
Entrance to the SUPER sites is included in the Full Experience and Forum Pass SUPER tickets and is open at the following times:
- Palatine Museum: 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, last admission 5:30 PM
- Domus Tiberiana: 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, last admission 5:30 PM
- Aula Isiaca Loggia Mattei: 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, last admission 5:30 PM
- House of Augustus: 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, last admission 5:30 PM (Closed on Mondays)
- House of Livia: 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, last admission 5:30 PM (Closed on Tuesday)
- Temple of Romulus: 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM, last admission 6:15 PM
- Santa Maria Antiqua: 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM, last admission 6:00 PM
- Horrea Piperataria: Thursday and Saturday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, last admission 3:30 PM
- Curia Iulia: Monday, Saturday, and Sunday, 9:30 AM - 6:15 PM, last admission 6:00 PM
All SUPER sites are closed on free admission days
The Domus Tiberiana is the first imperial palace built on the Palatine, on the western side of the hill, a place destined to always host the villas of the emperors and to become the most luxurious and expensive in Rome.
Built on the site previously occupied by the birthplace of Tiberius (hence the name), it was then amplified and finished, first by Caligula and then by Nero, coinciding with the construction of the Domus Aurea and, subsequently, renovated and decorated with pomp of marbles and frescoes, from Domitian to Hadrian.
The palace, which became the favorite seat of the Antonine emperors and reached 4 hectares in size with, in addition to the residential area, precious portals, terraces, balconies contained by grates carved in marble and large gardens with statues, nymphaeums and fountains outside.
Guided tour
All types of tickets include the new route on the slopes of the Palatine with which you can admire the majesty of the buildings that occupied the hill between the age of the Flavian emperors and those of the Severian dynasty.
Starting from the so-called Severian Arcades and then passing through the Domus Flavia and the Domus Augustana, you will enter the Paedagogium area, a college intended for the education and training of imperial pages, and then, continuing the walk along the Circus Maximus, to the slopes southwest of the hill, right where Romulus founded Rome and where Augustus lived and lived. In fact, walking along the Scalae Caci you arrive right at the area of the House of Augustus.
