The Imperial Forums are a series of monumental public squares that were constructed in Rome over about one hundred and fifty years. The forums were built at the heart of the late Roman Republic and of the Roman Empire. They are not part of the Roman Forum which was also considered as the public square during the Roman Republic. Instead, the forums were the centres of politics, religion and economy in the ancient Rome and Julius Caesar had decided to construct them to bear his name. The Imperial Forums were used as a replacement venue to the Roman Forum for public affairs as well as government. They were also designed as a celebration of Caesar's immense and absolute power.

At the front of these forums are a temple devoted to Venus Genitrix. Caesar's family had claimed to descend from the goddess Venus through Aeneas and a statue of Caesar himself riding Bucephalus was featured there. Bucephalus was the celebrated horse of Alexander the Great, and it was placed in front of the temple to symbolise absolute power in the ruler. The Imperial Forums are today some of the most magnificent and celebrated structures in all of Rome.