WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Perhaps one of the most important buildings in the Roman Forum was the basilicas-long, multi-story public meeting spots. Originally, they were used as markets in which people could shop and sell a range diverse of goods. The basilicas were also used for public assemblies and courts.

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: -The Roman Forum was a place where public meetings were held, legal issues were debated, and gladiators fought in combat.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.