The paper analyzes Roman forum in Zadar with it’s complex. Zadar suffered substantial damage from aerial bombardment in II. World War. It took years to remove and reconstruct some buildings. Zadar was one huge building site in 1960s. It was an opportunity to carry out rescue archaeological excavations that resulted in great finds. Area around the ancient forum with his capitolium was explored from 1962. to 1967. The forum with the capitolium was the heart of every Roman city. The beginning of the forum construction dates back from 1st century BC, and it reached it’s final look by the reconstruction in the 3rd century AD. It is 95 meters long and 45.5 meters wide. On three sides it was bounded by the portico. The shops (tabernae) were lined along its south-eastern and north-eastern sides and the great municipal basilica was located on the south-western side. The town council meetings, public gatherings and trials took place here. From two monumental columns that towered on the north-western side, only one is preserved today. In middle ages it was used as pillory of shame. Capitoline temple was originally dedicated to Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, which is seen from inscriptions on the basis of the statue from interior of temple. The capitolium was adjacent to the Forum, topping the latter by approximately 1.8 meters. The temple had six fluted Corinthian colums in facade and rested on an elevated platform. The entire capitolium was surrounded on three sides with portico. At the foot of the front wall there are remains of two altars. Remains reminiscent blood sacrifice rituals from Eastern cults in the advanced Empire. They were placed at the end of the 2nd and the beginning of the 3rd century, at the same time when the forum was reconstructed with his final look.