The Roman Forum (Roman Market Square) in Rome is the oldest Roman forum and was the center of political, economic, cultural and religious life. It lies in a depression between the three city hills of Capitoline, Palatine and Esquiline and was the site of many public buildings and monuments. century B.C. BC Archaeological evidence dating back to the beginning of the 6th century matches[1] only under the legendary Etruscan king Lucius Tarquinius Priscus. century B.C. BC included in the city. It experienced the peak of its magnificent expansion in the Roman Empire.[2] It is now one of the most important archaeological sites of ancient Rome. The site of the later Roman Forum was until the 7th century. century B.C. BC a swampy plain that stretched between the Palatine Hill and the Capitoline H.