"He restored many splendid buildings which had been destroyed by fire...but in all cases with the inscription of his own name only, and with no mention of the original builder. Furthermore, he built...the forum which now bears the name of Nerva."
Suetonius, Domitian (V)
The fourth of the imperial fora, the Forum of Nerva was dedicated by Nerva in AD 97, after the death of Domitian and his damnatio memoriae. It enclosed a portion of the Argiletum, the thoroughfare joining the Forum Romanum and the Subura and, for this reason, also was known as the Forum Transitorium. The lateral walls of the forum were lined with paired columns broken by a number of doors to provide access to the Forum of Julius and the Forum of Augustus on one side and to the Temple of Peace on the other. The curved front and rear walls were later imitated in the Forum of Trajan.
Reference: "Domitian, the Argiletum and the Temple of Peace" (1982) by James C. Anderson, Jr., American Journal of Archaeology, 86(1), 101-100.
