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Forum

A forum (Latin, "marketplace"; pl.) city center; focus of public life

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Curia

Senate House

Tullius Hostilius was the first to build one

80 BC it was enlarged by Sulla and the restored by his son after riots in 52 BC

originally had three rooms:

1. one for senators to meet in secret (ex: trials)

2. major hall for senate

3. atrium of Minerva

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comitium

for public assemblies and for voting activities

• once was rectangular and oriented towards cardinal points
• had a circular form similar to the Greeks
• Lapis Niger: (The Black Stone) arrangement with altar and column; archaic marker; ritual is in the stone but was not very descriptive; there is speculation that the altar could be the tomb of Romulus, Faustulus, or Tullius Hostilius
• Rostra: speaker's platform; semicircular set of steps and was in front of the tabularium

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basilica

large hall for legal, social, commercial activity

predecessor for the Christian church

Basilica Aemelia: built in 79 BC by censors; believed to be the site of the bank; contains shops at the front; depiction of the "Rape" of the Sabine Women

Basilica Julia: used for legal purposes; evidence of circular game boards that those attending would use to entertain themselves during trials or recesses; location of the seat of a tribunal called "110 Men" who judged civil cases (adoptions/inheritance)

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tabularium

record office of ancient Rome (births and taxes)

housed many city officials

trapezoidal in shape on city plan

first created in 78 BC

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Ostia

Ostia is a large neighbourhood in the XIII Municipio of the comune of Rome, Italy.

port city of Rome

influence of Etruscan and military planning, with arteries (roads) leading towards the heart of city/camp (center of city)

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Forum	A forum (Latin, "marketplace"; pl.) city center; focus of public life
Curia	Senate House Tullius Hostilius was the first to build one 80 BC it was enlarged by Sulla and the restored by his son after riots in 52 BC originally had three rooms: 1. one for senators to meet in secret (ex: trials) 2. major hall for senate 3. atrium of Minerva
comitium	for public assemblies and for voting activities once was rectangular and oriented towards cardinal points had a circular form similar to the Greeks Lapis Niger: (The Black Stone) arrangement with altar and column; archaic marker; ritual is in the stone but was not very descriptive; there is speculation that the altar could be the tomb of Romulus, Faustulus, or Tullius Hostilius Rostra: speaker's platform; semicircular set of steps and was in front of the tabularium
basilica	large hall for legal, social, commercial activity predecessor for the Christian church Basilica Aemelia: built in 79 BC by censors; believed to be the site of the bank; contains shops at the front; depiction of the "Rape" of the Sabine Women Basilica Julia: used for legal purposes; evidence of circular game boards that those attending would use to entertain themselves during trials or recesses; location of the seat of a tribunal called "110 Men" who judged civil cases (adoptions/inheritance)

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tabularium	record office of ancient Rome (births and taxes) housed many city officials trapezoidal in shape on city plan first created in 78 BC
Ostia	Ostia is a large neighbourhood in the XIII Municipio of the comune of Rome, Italy. port city of Rome influence of Etruscan and military planning, with arteries (roads) leading towards the heart of city/camp (center of city)

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