Umbilicus urbis Romae
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[[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.
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Image:UmbilicusUrbi.jpg|Entrance to the brick structure
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==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]]
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