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The Campus Martius ( Latin for 'Field of Mars'; Italian: Campo Marzio) was a publicly owned area of ancient Rome about 2 square kilometres (490 acres) in extent. In the Middle Ages, it was the most populous area of Rome. The IV rione of Rome, Campo Marzio, which covers a smaller section of the original area, bears the same name.
Campus Martius, in ancient Rome, a floodplain of the Tiber River, the site of the altar of Mars and the temple of Apollo in the 5th century bce.Originally used primarily as a military exercise ground, it was later drained and, by the 1st century bce, became covered with large public buildings—baths, amphitheatre, theatres, gymnasium, crematorium, and many more temples.
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Campus Martius (Campo Marzio), English Field of Mars, is a lowland in the bend of the Tiber River with an area of 250 hectares between the Quirinal, Pincian, and Capitoline Hills, intended for gymnastic and military exercises. The center of the field, where the altar of Mars was built, received the name Campo and, in ancient Rome, turned it ...
Rome - Ancient History, Forum, Pantheon: The rest of the river bend northward was known as the Campus Martius (Field of Mars). Marshy in places, with a few temples and public buildings, it was made into one of the grandeurs of Rome by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa in the 1st century bce. The swamp became a lake, the Stagnum Agrippae, amid a landscape of lawns, baths, temples, and parks. Today ...
Campus Martius. Campus Martius is the historic center of Rome. Various tourist attractions such as the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps are all found in this area. Previously called the Mars Field, the Campus runs from the east and west of Quirinal and Tiber and its north-south axis at the Capitoline hills and Porta Flaminia.
The Campus Martius, or Field of Mars in English, is a specific region in the ancient city of Rome. This district comprises a floodplain of about two square kilometers in area and spans from the traditional center of Rome to the banks of the River Tiber. Since before recorded history, the Campus Martius has had religious and cultural ...
Rome's Campus Martius, or Field of Mars, is the flat plain just north of the Capitoline Hill and extending just south of the Piazza del Popolo. The eastern edge was the Via Flaminia, now the Corso, and the western line meandered along the Tiber's waterfront. Today, it is where visitors to Rome find the Pantheon,…
