HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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Merchants and craftspeople worked there.
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Foreigners were not allowed there.
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Only senators could gather there.
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Only soldiers could gather there.
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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: -At first, the Forum essentially served as a marketplace for day-to-day shopping. Over time, it became much more versatile and functional, as public affairs were held in the area. Historians estimate that the rise of public events in the Roman Forum first took place around 500 B.C., when the Roman Republic started.
Detailed explanation-3: -Plebeians were average working citizens of Rome – farmers, bakers, builders or craftsmen – who worked hard to support their families and pay their taxes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Two other early, sacred buildings are important to note. These are the Regia or “king’s house” and the Temple of Vesta, both located on the downward slope of the Palatine Hill near the point where it reaches the edge of the Forum Romanum proper.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.