WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -forum, in Roman cities in antiquity, multipurpose, centrally located open area that was surrounded by public buildings and colonnades and that served as a public gathering place. It was an orderly spatial adaptation of the Greek agora, or marketplace, and acropolis.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Forum was the centre of commerce, business and the political heart of the ancient city – many of the buildings we have in our city centres today (records offices, law courts, town hall, banks, restaurants, shops and markets) were in the Forum. All Roman towns and cities had a forum.

Detailed explanation-3: -For centuries the Forum was the center of day-to-day life in Rome: the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches; and the nucleus of commercial affairs. Here statues and monuments commemorated the city’s great men.