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What was the open space in the center of Rome that served as a marketplace and public square?
The public square in ancient Rome was called a forum.
The public square in ancient Rome was called a forum.
The public square in ancient Rome was called a forum.
The public square in ancient Rome was called a forum.
The public square in ancient Rome was called a forum.
The public square in ancient Rome was called a forum.
The public square in ancient Rome was called a forum.
The public square in ancient Rome was called a forum.
The public square in ancient Rome was called a forum.
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MaxineContrary to what it is often said, the Roman forum (or forum magnum) was not a market place. Rome had two types of fora (plural of forum); the forum civilium, which was a civic center and the forum venalium, which was a commercial forum or market. . A forum civilium was the public heart of a city's political, judicial and administrative life. Rome had several for a venalia (plural of venalium).
The main commercial area of Rome was west of the Roman forum/forum magnum, as the Romans called it (Roman Forum is a modern term). It was an area which connected the heart of Rome to the River Tiber. It comprised the district of the Velabrum, the Forum Boarium, the Forum Holitorium and the Emporium.
The Velabrumwas the low ground lying between the slopes of the Palatine and the Capitoline hills. It was bound by the Forum Magnum on the east, the slope of the southern slope of the Capitoline Hill on the north and the northern slope of the Platine Hill and the Vicus Tuscus. The latter was a road which went to Pons Sulpicius, Rome first bridge on the Tiber, and Rome's riverine port (Portus Tiberinus. It had many shops and the dealers in incense and perfume (turarii) became its most important traders. The Velabrum's line of separation from the Forum Boarium to its west was the archus argentariorum, the arch of the argentarii, which was built by the argentarii (the money lenders), who lived in the area. The area was traversed by the vicus Iugarius, a road which run along the slope of the Capitoline Hill where fine cloths were sold. The Velabrum was an important centre of industrial and commercial activity, and in particular of the trade in food-stuffs, oil and wine.
The Forum Boarium lied to the west of the Velabrum and on the bank of the River Tiber, near Pons Silpicius and Portus Tiberinus. It was Rome's first forum venalium (commercial forum or market). It was the cattle market. It also had a religious importance as it hosted the Great Altar of Hercules, the Temple of Hercules Victor and the Temple of Portunus. The Forum Holitorium (Vegetable market) was the site for the sale of vegetables, herbs and oil.
The city of Rome also had other fora (plural of forum) venalia (plural of venalium): the Forum Suarium (meat market) the Forum Piscarium (fish market), the Forum Vinarium (wine market) the Forum Pistorium (bakers' market) and the Forum Cuppedinis(delicatessen market).
As a forum civilum, the the Roman/forum/forum magnum a civic centre and the heart of a city and its public, political, judicial and administrative life. It was comparable to a city centre. It had the aerarium (the treasury) which has in the temple of Saturn, the tabularium (the state archives) which was built on the slope of the Capitoline Hill, the regia (the residence of the Pontifex Maximus, the chief priest of Roman state religion) and the curia (the senate house), saenaculum (which was a place where the senators gathered before the entering the senate house for formal summons) and in front of the curia there was the comitium, an open-air public meeting space where the Tribal Assembly and Plebeian Assembly met to vote and where public speeches were made and public debates were held. It had several platforms for public speeches. The oldest one was called the rostra (plural of rostrum). The name came from the six rostra (warship rams) of captured warships which were and mounted to its side. It faced the north side of the comitium towards the senate house. Later it came to be called Rostra Vetera (Elder Rostra) when other platforms were built. These were called rostra with the addition of the name of their builders or the person it honoured. There was also the Graecostasis at the southwest end of the Comitium, to the west of the rostra. The name refers to the Greek ambassadors for whom the platform was built after the annexation of mainland Greece. It became a platform for representatives of foreign nations and dignitaries from the provinces of the empire. There were three basilicas (building were public business and trials were conducted): the Basilica Aemilia, the Basilica Iulia and the Basilica of Maxentius. There were several temples: the Temple of Vesta, the Temple of Saturn, the Temple of Castor and Pollux, the Temple of Vespasian and Titus, the Temple of Caesar and the temple of Antonius and Faustina. There were several triumphal arches, many statues and other monuments. It also had the Milliarium Aureum (golden milestone), a monument from There was the where all distances in the Roman Empire were measured, and a shrine called Lapis Niger (Black Stone), a shrine.
The city of Rome also had four other fora civilia (plural of civilis) which are called imperial fora because they were built by emperors, even though one of them was built by Julius Caesar, who was not an emperor (it was named after him). The others were named after the emperors who had them built: Augustus, Vespasian, Nerva and Trajan
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In ancient Rome was the forum a public square or gladiator's area?
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Where did the ancient greek meet and conduct business?
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