Marforio is one of the five 'talking statues' (statua parlante; statues parlantes; sprechenden Statuen) of Rome.It is located in the courtyard of the Palazzo Nuovo at the Campidoglio.- The statue is more than 6 meters long. It probably represents the personification of Ocean; the god who reigned over all the world's waters; and dates from the second or third century A.D. The huge statue has been known as MARFORIO (or Marphurius) since the twelfth century. The name probably derives from its original location; which in medieval times was thought to have been a 'Forum of Mars' (Martis Forum) in the area between the Roman Forum and the Imperial Forums. - The talking statues of Rome provided an outlet for a form of anonymous political expression in Rome. Criticisms in the form of poems or witticisms were posted on well-known statues in Rome; as an early instance of bulletin board. It began in the 16th century and continues to the present day. Rome; Italy. 2017.