Forum Holitorium

The Forum Holitorium or Olitorium (Latin for the "Market of the Vegetable Sellers"; Italian: Foro Olitorio) is an archaeological area of Rome, Italy, on the slopes of the Capitoline Hill.

It also included a sacred area with three small temples dedicated to Janus, Spes and Juno Sospita.

The construction of the sacred area of the forum dates back to the Republican age, more precisely to the period between the first and the second Punic War.

Subsequently, at the time of Caesar (1st century BC), it underwent renovations which involved the demolition of a fourth temple: it was built by Manius Acilius Glabrio (consul in 191 BC) next to the Temple of Janus and was demolished during the construction of the Theatre of Marcellus (then completed by Augustus).

These temples are now part of the structure of the Basilica of San Nicola in Carcere, first attested in the 11th century Liber Pontificalis.

A detail of Gismondi 's scale model of ancient Rome at the Museum of Roman Civilization showing the area of the Theatre of Marcellus , the Forum Holitorium and the Forum Boarium .
The church of San Nicola in Carcere. Six columns of the temple of Spes are incorporated in the southern side, while three columns of the temple of Juno Sospita are incorporated in the façade.