Santa Maria Antiqua (Ancient Church of Saint Mary) is a Roman Catholic Marian church built in the 5th century in the Forum Romanum; and for a long time the monumental access to the Palatine imperial palaces.Located at the foot of the Palatine Hill; Santa Maria Antiqua is the oldest Christian monument in the Roman Forum.The church contains a copy of the earliest Roman depiction of Santa Maria Regina; the Virgin Mary as a Queen; from the 6th century.Roman Forum (Forum Romanum) Rome; Italy (2019)