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The Forum was the public space in the middle of a Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 city.

A gathering place of great social significance, it was often the scene of diverse activities, including political discussions, meetings, et cetera.

Modelled on the Roman Forum
Roman Forum

The Roman Forum , sometimes known by its original Latin name, is located between the Palatine hill and the Capitoline hill of the city of Rome. It is the central area around which the Ancient Rome developed....
 and Imperial fora in Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
 itself, they are to be found in Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 (often forming the piazza
Piazza

When the Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford developed the first privately-ventured public square built in London, Covent Garden, his architect Inigo Jones surrounded it with arcade s, in the Italian fashion....
 of the modern town) and throughout the former Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
, with examples at:



In new Roman towns, the Forum was usually located at, or just off of, the intersection of the main north-south and east-west streets (the Cardo
Cardo

In ancient Roman city planning, a cardo or cardus was a north-south-oriented street in cities, military camps, and Colonia e. Sometimes called the cardus maximus, the cardo served as the center of economic life....
 and Decumanus
Decumanus Maximus

In Roman city planning, a decumanus was an east-west-oriented road in a ancient Rome city, castra , or colonia . The main decumanus was the Decumanus Maximus, which normally connected the Porta Praetoria to the Porta Decumana ....
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The Forum was the public space in the middle of a Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 city.

A gathering place of great social significance, it was often the scene of diverse activities, including political discussions, meetings, et cetera.

Modelled on the Roman Forum
Roman Forum

The Roman Forum , sometimes known by its original Latin name, is located between the Palatine hill and the Capitoline hill of the city of Rome. It is the central area around which the Ancient Rome developed....
 and Imperial fora in Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
 itself, they are to be found in Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 (often forming the piazza
Piazza

When the Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford developed the first privately-ventured public square built in London, Covent Garden, his architect Inigo Jones surrounded it with arcade s, in the Italian fashion....
 of the modern town) and throughout the former Roman Empire
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
, with examples at:

  • Lucca
    Lucca

    Lucca is a city in Tuscany, northern central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca....
    , now Piazza San Michele
  • Verona
    Verona

    Verona is a city in Veneto, northern Italy, one of the seven provincial capitals in the region. It is one of the main tourist destinations in north-eastern Italy, thanks to its artistic heritage, several annual fairs, shows and operas, such as the lyrical season in the Arena, the ancient amphitheatre built by the Romans....
    , now Piazza delle Erbe
    Piazza delle Erbe

    Piazza delle Erbe is a square in Verona, Italy. It once was home to the town's Roman forum during the time of the Roman Empire....
  • Roman Forum, Philippi, at Philippi
    Philippi

    Philippi was a city in eastern Macedonia , in northern ancient Greece, founded by Philip II of Macedon in 356 BC and abandoned in the 14th century after the Ottoman Empire conquest....
  • Roman Forum (Mérida), at Mérida, Spain
    Mérida, Spain

    M?rida is the capital of the autonomous communities in Spain of Extremadura, Spain. It has a population of 55,568 ....
  • Roman Forum (Pompeii), at Pompeii, Italy
    Pompeii

    Pompeii is a ruined and partially buried Ancient Rome town-city near modern Naples in the Italy region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei....


In new Roman towns, the Forum was usually located at, or just off of, the intersection of the main north-south and east-west streets (the Cardo
Cardo

In ancient Roman city planning, a cardo or cardus was a north-south-oriented street in cities, military camps, and Colonia e. Sometimes called the cardus maximus, the cardo served as the center of economic life....
 and Decumanus
Decumanus Maximus

In Roman city planning, a decumanus was an east-west-oriented road in a ancient Rome city, castra , or colonia . The main decumanus was the Decumanus Maximus, which normally connected the Porta Praetoria to the Porta Decumana ....
).

Related forms

  • Agora
    Agora

    The Agora was an open "place of assembly" in ancient Ancient Greece city-states. Early in Greek history , free-born male land-owners who were citizens would gather in the agora for military duty or to hear statements of the ruling king or council....
  • Piazza
    Piazza

    When the Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford developed the first privately-ventured public square built in London, Covent Garden, his architect Inigo Jones surrounded it with arcade s, in the Italian fashion....
  • Plaza
    Plaza

    Plaza is a Spanish language word related to "field" which describes an open urban public space, such as a city square. All through Spanish America, the plaza mayor of each center of administration held three closely related institutions: the cathedral, the cabildo or administrative center, which might be incorporated in a wing...
  • Town square
    Town square

    Public square and city square redirect here. For Public Square, Cleveland, see Public Square and for City Square in Leeds see Leeds City Square....
  • Civic center
    Civic center

    A civic center or civic centre is a prominent Earth area within a community that is constructed to be its focal point or center. It usually contains one or more dominant Infrastructure, which may also include a government building....


Structures usually placed on the Forum

  • Basilica
    Basilica

    The Latin word basilica , was originally used to describe a ancient Rome public building , usually located in the Forum of a Roman town. In Hellenistic cities, public basilicas appeared in the 2nd century BC....
  • Roman temple
    Roman temple

    In the ancient religion of Roman paganism, practitioners often performed their worship at a temple....


See also

  • Amphitheatre
    Amphitheatre

    An amphitheatre is an open-air venue for spectator sports, concerts, rallies, or theatrical performances. There are two similar, but distinct types of amphitheatres: Ancient amphitheatres, built by the ancient Rome, were large central performance spaces surrounded by ascending seating, and were commonly used for spectator sports; these comp...
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a Musical theatre with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart....
  • Greek
    Greeks

    The Greeks , also known as Hellenes, are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions, who can also be found in Greek diaspora communities around the world....
     Hippodrome
    Hippodrome

    A Hippodrome was a Greek stadium for horse racing and chariot racing. Some present-day horse racing tracks are also called hippodromes, for example the Central Moscow Hippodrome....
  • Roman Circus
    Circus Maximus

    The Circus Maximus is an ancient hippodrome and mass entertainment venue located in Rome. Situated in the valley between the Aventine Hill and Palatine Hill hills, it was the first and largest circus in ancient Rome....
  • Roman theatre (structure)
    Roman theatre (structure)

    File:Amman Roman theatre.jpgA Roman theatre is a Theater structure influenced by Hellenistic Greece....