HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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It allows armies to travel easily
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it offers a way to transport goods
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It provides a place for people to gather
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It helps people defend their city
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -forum (n.) mid-15c., “place of assembly in ancient Rome, ‘’ from Latin forum “marketplace, open space, public place, ‘’ apparently akin to foris, foras “out of doors, outside, ‘’ from PIE root *dhwer-“door, doorway.” Sense of “assembly, place for public discussion” first recorded 1680s.
Detailed explanation-3: -At the end of the 7th century BC, the Roman Forum was built in the center of public life in Rome for more than a millennium. Throughout the centuries several buildings were built for political, religious and economic activities, and in the second century civil or basilica buildings where judicial activities took place.