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The Roman Forum (Latin: Forum Romanum) was a rectangular forum at the heart of the city of Ancient Rome. The Forum was used for military triumphs, elections, criminal trials, gladiatorial matches, and as a meeting- and business-place. The Forum survives today in ruins, and is the oldest structure in the modern city of Rome.
A view of the Roman Forum, looking east. This list of monuments of the Roman Forum (Forum Romanum) includes existing and former buildings, memorials and other built structures in the famous Roman public plaza during its 1,400 years of active use (8th century BC–ca 600 AD). It is divided into three categories: those ancient structures that can ...
The Temple of Vesta A view of the Roman Forum seen from a window of the Palazzo Senatorio: at the centre the church of Santi Luca e Martina (beside it at the right, the roof of the Curia Julia), in the lower right the Arch of Septimius Severus Map of the Roman Forum. Structures of Republican Rome are shown in red and those of Imperial Rome in ...
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A forum (Latin: forum, "public place outdoors", [1] pl.: fora; English pl.: either fora or forums) was a public square in a municipium, or any civitas, of Ancient Rome reserved primarily for the vending of goods; i.e., a marketplace, along with the buildings used for shops and the stoas used for open stalls. But such fora functioned secondarily ...
‘Magical’ Roman wind chime — shaped like a phallus — unearthed in Serbia, photos show Stone penis found in 2,000-year-old grave, photos show. It had an important purpose
Ancient Roman Spintria Tokens that are speculated to have been used as locker tokens in the dressing room of the suburban baths. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] On one side of the tokens is an image of a sexual scene and on the other side is a numeral.
Pages in category "Ancient Roman forums" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...