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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 ...
The Roman Forum (Italian: Foro Romano), also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum, is a rectangular forum surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the centre of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum. [2]
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This is actually a part of the Via Biberatica (from the Latin bibo, bibere meaning "to drink"; the street was the location for several of the Roman taverns and grocers' shops in the area). The road cuts through Trajan's Market. [5] On the lower part there are also two large halls, probably used for auditions or concerts
The other rooms on the west side are also interesting as examples of the link between economic and public life. Additionally, the market is an eloquent testimony to the everyday culture of the Romans, which is illustrated by archeological finds such as food remains, items of daily use and necessity, up to examples of Roman wall paintings.
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 ...
Diagram of a typical Roman domus, with a taberna on each side of the entrance. A taberna (pl.: tabernae) was a type of shop or stall in Ancient Rome.Originally meaning a single-room shop for the sale of goods and services, tabernae were often incorporated into domestic dwellings on the ground level flanking the fauces, the main entrance to a home, but with one side open to the street.
A macellum (pl.: macella; Greek: μάκελλον, makellon) is an ancient Roman indoor market building that sold mostly provisions (especially meat and fish). [1] The building normally sat alongside the forum and basilica, providing a place in which a market could be held. [2]