The Roman civic centre was the forum civilium. It was distinct and separate from the forum venalium, the commercial forum, or market. The Roman forum, which the Romans called Forum or Forum Magnum (Roman forum is a modern term)was the civic centre of the city of Rome.
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A forum was a market place and in most Roman towns it was also a civic center. It was a place were people would not only gather to shop, but to catch up on the latest news and listen to speeches, especially during the election campaigns. Legal matters, such as registering a birth or death were also carried out in a forum. A forum was the ancient equivalent of our "downtowm".A forum was a market place and in most Roman towns it was also a civic center. It was a place were people would not only gather to shop, but to catch up on the latest news and listen to speeches, especially during the election campaigns. Legal matters, such as registering a birth or death were also carried out in a forum. A forum was the ancient equivalent of our "downtowm".A forum was a market place and in most Roman towns it was also a civic center. It was a place were people would not only gather to shop, but to catch up on the latest news and listen to speeches, especially during the election campaigns. Legal matters, such as registering a birth or death were also carried out in a forum. A forum was the ancient equivalent of our "downtowm".A forum was a market place and in most Roman towns it was also a civic center. It was a place were people would not only gather to shop, but to catch up on the latest news and listen to speeches, especially during the election campaigns. Legal matters, such as registering a birth or death were also carried out in a forum. A forum was the ancient equivalent of our "downtowm".A forum was a market place and in most Roman towns it was also a civic center. It was a place were people would not only gather to shop, but to catch up on the latest news and listen to speeches, especially during the election campaigns. Legal matters, such as registering a birth or death were also carried out in a forum. A forum was the ancient equivalent of our "downtowm".A forum was a market place and in most Roman towns it was also a civic center. It was a place were people would not only gather to shop, but to catch up on the latest news and listen to speeches, especially during the election campaigns. Legal matters, such as registering a birth or death were also carried out in a forum. A forum was the ancient equivalent of our "downtowm".A forum was a market place and in most Roman towns it was also a civic center. It was a place were people would not only gather to shop, but to catch up on the latest news and listen to speeches, especially during the election campaigns. Legal matters, such as registering a birth or death were also carried out in a forum. A forum was the ancient equivalent of our "downtowm".A forum was a market place and in most Roman towns it was also a civic center. It was a place were people would not only gather to shop, but to catch up on the latest news and listen to speeches, especially during the election campaigns. Legal matters, such as registering a birth or death were also carried out in a forum. A forum was the ancient equivalent of our "downtowm".A forum was a market place and in most Roman towns it was also a civic center. It was a place were people would not only gather to shop, but to catch up on the latest news and listen to speeches, especially during the election campaigns. Legal matters, such as registering a birth or death were also carried out in a forum. A forum was the ancient equivalent of our "downtowm".
The Roman Forum was the space were legal business was conducted. It served many other functions but it was mainly the center for civic operations.
A Roman forum was a combination marketplace and civic center. It was the gathering place of a Roman town where trials were held, civic announcements were posted and news was dispersed. There were shops and food bars either directly in the forum or in close proximity. The main forum or the Forum Romanum, was the heart of the city of Rome and eventually the center of the empire. It not only had the above mentioned aspects, but it was also the place where the hut of Romulus was supposed to have been, and the lacus curtius, the navel of Rome, from which all distances were measured.
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