Umbilicus Urbis Romae

• The Umbilicus Urbis Romae was the ‘Navel of the City of Rome’. It was a marble covered brick structure from which all distances to the cities in the Roman Empire were measured.
• It was located in the Forum Romanum next to the Golden Milestone. Only the brick centre survives today.

The Golden Milestone

• The Milliarium Aureum was Ancient Rome’s Golden Milestone. It was a Marble Column shrouded in Gilded Bronze upon which all distances from Rome were written on the outer Bronze casing.
• It was located in the Forum Romanum, probably next to the Temple of Saturn, it became a Meeting Point and a venue for Public Speeches. It no longer exists today.

Umbilicus Urbis