📜 Milliarium Aureum
The Golden Milestone of Rome
📋 Fast Facts
- Erected by Emperor Augustus around 20 BCE in the Roman Forum
- Served as the origin point for measuring distances across the Roman road network
- Symbolic center of imperial administration and Roman power
- Only fragmentary remains survive; exact location and form debated by scholars
The Milliarium Aureum, or Golden Milestone, was a marble monument erected in Rome's Forum during the reign of ...