Umbilicus urbis Romae 4630546 223247469 2008-07-03T06:31:38Z AlleborgoBot 3813685 robot Modifying: [[it:Umbilicus Urbis Romae]] {{Unreferenced|date=December 2006}} [[Image:UmbilicusUrbiPlate.jpg|thumb|Plate marking the Umbilicus Urbi]] The '''Umbilicus Urbis''' of the City of [[Rome]], the designated centre of the city from which and to which all distances in Rome and the Roman Empire were measured, is situated in the [[Roman Forum]]. It was built between the [[Basilica Aemilia]], which pre-dates it, and the [[Basilica Julia]], which does not, in the late Republican period. The [[Rostra]], the platform from which orators addressed the Roman citizens, were built overlooking it. Originally covered in marble, the umbilicus is now a forlorn-looking brick structure some two metres high and two metres in diameter. The Umbilicus is believed to be a separate structure from the [[Milliarium Aureum]], which served much the same purpose after it was built in the [[Roman Forum|Forum]] around 20 B.C. <gallery> Image:Umbilicus urbis.JPG Image:UmbilicusUrbi.jpg|Entrance to the brick structure </gallery> ==See also== *[[Milion]] of Constantinople *[[Zero Kilometre Stone (Budapest)]] *[[Kilometre Zero]] *[[Zero Milestone]] *[[Datum (geodesy)]] [[Category:1st century BC architecture]] [[Category:Ancient Roman roads in Rome]] [[Category:Ancient Rome]] [[Category:Geography of Rome]] [[Category:Roman Forum]] [[bs:Umbilicus Urbis]] [[de:Umbilicus urbis]] [[it:Umbilicus Urbis Romae]] [[nl:Umbilicus Urbis Romae]] [[sv:Umbilicus Urbis]]