Numa, the legendary second king of Rome, who was famed for his religious piety, is said to have founded a shrine to Janus Geminus (“two-fold”) in the Roman Forum, close to the Senate House.

When his body is discovered, his wife Fulvia carries it to the Forum for an impromptu funeral. As the pyre burns, it sets the Senate house on fire – the most potent symbol of the Roman Republic ...

ROME (AP) — Italian archaeologists unveiled to the press Friday an exciting new find from the Roman Forum ... or ancient senate house, one sees something resembling a washtub that archaeologists ...

Nestled in a valley between the Colosseum and the imperial residences on the Palatine, the Forum has the remains of several key buildings from Roman times, including the Senate, the basilica built ...

Numa, the legendary second king of Rome, who was famed for his religious piety, is said to have founded a shrine to Janus Geminus ("two-fold") in the Roman Forum, close to the Senate House.