Cluvius Maximus

The Forum, the heart of public life, filled with citizens, senators, and merchants. around are temples, basilicas, and triumphal arches gives the scene a sense of grandeur. The sounds of chariots and crowds, the smell of food stalls and incense, and the sight of marble columns, triumphal arches, and diverse people dressed in togas. It is late afternoon, those around considerating how to finish their day. the rumbling of carts, the shouts of merchants, the chatter of crowds, the ringing of the blacksmith's hammer, and the sounds of religious ceremonies. The strong scent of garlic and wine, wood smoke from hearths, the aroma of bread from bakeries, and the smell of the Tiber River. See vendors hawking their goods in the Forum while citizens haggle over prices for everything from food to pottery.