When I was looking for more information on the Forum, I found some really interesting videos both on that and on Roman history that I thought you might enjoy.
This is a video on Roman history. The narrator stands in a computer generated Ancient Rome, talking about the history of the buildings and how and why they are built. It is really rather interesting.
The Roman Forum - Part 1 from Bernard Frischer on Vimeo.
This is the second part of the same video.
The Roman Forum - Part 2 from Bernard Frischer on Vimeo.
This video, by the same guy, cannot be embedded for some reason but it is also pretty interesting. It has kind of annoying music, and there isn't any commentary, but it is a fly-over of a 3-D version of Ancient Rome with all of the buildings looking (sort of) like they would have looked in their prime. It is also well-filled with labels and things that should make it easy to get your bearings. It is only about 4 minutes long and is pretty interesting.
And this video (also by the same guy) is a little mini-documentary about the history of Rome and its government. Plus, the guy who is giving the talk is English so he sounds all smart and things. Just FYI, it does contain a story about some of the rather brutal events that occurred in early Roman history, as well as some pictures of Roman statuary, so use your own judgment about its appropriateness. But otherwise, it is really good.
This video here, from the History Channel is a sung history about the Fall of Rome and the end of Roman history. It isn't very melodic but it really does include a lot of good information about the factors leading up to the end of the Empire.
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