Rome 2017: (7) The Miliarium Aureum

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Since I was a child, I had heard the expression that all roads to lead to Rome. This cultural landscape reveals the origin of that phrase. All roads at one time did actually lead to Rome. The Miliarium Aureum was the beginning of all Romans that expanded all throughout Rome, and eventually all throughout the Empire, which at the time was considered the whole world. This cultural landscape is the reason that many argue the Roman Forum is the center of the earth. This also explains the perspective of maps. Maps are all oriented around the forum Roman Empire. Why is South western Asia considered the Middle East? Why is Europe also in the upper half and the center of most maps? Because Rome was the center of the world and the

Forum was the middle of all civilizations and cultures. This is the most significant cultural landscape because it shows the innovation and progression of the Romans. They not only left a history to influence their own culture, but a history and a legacy that will forever impact and influence all countries and cultures around the world. All leads do in deed lead to Rome at the Miliarium Aureum.