CIVILIZATION
ROMAN
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wife of Justinian, she participated in the government and helped women gain more rights
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a general who ruled at the height of the Byzantine Empire
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another name for the Eastern Roman Empire
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located in Rome, it served as a marketplace and public square for social gatherings
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Roman Forum, known as Forum Romanum in Latin, was a site located at the center of the ancient city of Rome and the location of important religious, political and social activities. Historians believe people first began publicly meeting in the open-air Forum around 500 B.C., when the Roman Republic was founded.
Detailed explanation-2: -A forum (Latin forum “public place outdoors", plural fora; English plural either fora or forums) was a public square in a Roman municipium, or any civitas, 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Roman Forum, Latin Forum Romanum, most important forum in ancient Rome, situated on low ground between the Palatine and Capitoline hills. The Roman Forum was the scene of public meetings, law courts, and gladiatorial combats in republican times and was lined with shops and open-air markets.
Detailed explanation-4: -The most important area of every Roman city was the forum. The forum was the center of the local government and the main marketplace for the city. It was at the forum where politicians would give speeches when they were up for election. The city served as a central point for commerce.