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  2. List of monuments of the Roman Forum - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Forum of Caesar - Wikipedia

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    The Forum of Caesar also had an effect on the Curia, which Caesar began to reconstruct in 44 BC. This reconstruction moved the Forum of Caesar much closer to the Curia. The ten tabernae located on the western side of the Forum and its now close approximation to the Senate house symbolized the unity that Caesar felt between himself and the Senate.

  4. Roman Forum - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. House of the Vestals - Wikipedia

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    The Atrium Vestae was a three-story 50-room palace in the ancient Roman Forum built around an elegant elongated atrium or court with a double pool. To the very east is an open vaulted hall with a statue of Numa Pompilius, the mythological founder of the cult.

  6. List of the oldest buildings in New York - Wikipedia

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    Building Image Location First Built Notes Wyckoff House: East Flatbush, Brooklyn: 1652 Oldest surviving structure in New York, oldest in Brooklyn, oldest on Long Island. Zachariah Hawkins House: Stony Brook: 1660 c. Klinkenberg(h) Bouwerji Coxsackie: 1663 c. One of oldest surviving Dutch homes north of greater New York City area.

  7. Forum (Roman) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  8. List of archaeological sites on the National Register of ...

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    [3] Landmark name Image Location County Culture Comments; 1: Albany Mounds Site: Albany: Albany Mounds Trail 4]: Whiteside: Middle Woodland: Hopewell: 2: Alton Military Prison Site: Alton: inside the block bounded by Broadway and William, 4th, and Mill Sts. 5]: Madison: Euro-American: 3: Apple River Fort Site: Elizabeth: 0.25 miles east-southeast of the junction of Myrtle and Illinois Sts. 6 ...

  9. Comitium - Wikipedia

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    Most Roman cities had a similar Comitium for public meetings (L. contiones) or assemblies for election, councils and tribunals. [5] As part of the forum, where temples, commerce, judicial, and city buildings were located, the Comitium was the center of political activity. Romans tended to organize their needs into specific locations within the ...