Roman Forum Flashcards
Eastern End
Religious Buildings: Regia (home of Pontifex Maximus), Temple of Vesta, and House of Vestal Virgins
Northwest End
Governmental Area (600s BCE): Curia (senate house), Comitium (meeting place of assemblies), Rosta (speaker’s platform), and structures placed to Romulus
Southern End
Temples: Temple of Saturn (treasury), Temple of Castor and Pollux, and Temple of Janus
Temple of Saturn
Built 494 BCE, Associated with Cronus in Greek Religion, Fertility and Agriculture God, also Associated with Capitoline Hill, Ionic Structure, Used as Treasury
Temple of Castor and Pollux
Built 484 BCE, Corinthian Structure, Rostra in Front, Nymoh of Juterna made spring, Old people pray to them while sick, Miracle Gods, Sons of Zeus and Helen of Troy, Saved Romans from Etruscans (early 400s BCE)
Regia
Spear of Mars in it, Pontifex Maximus dealt with marriages, deaths, Vestal Virgins, and Children Born w/ deformities
Servian Wall
Named after Servius Tullius (Etruscan King of Rome) actually put up in 4th C. BCE, thought to have been created in 530 BCE, made out of Tuffa Stone, comes from outside Rome, Fascio (ditch), Ager (Wall), built against Gauls
Circus Maximus
How to Race: Go around spira (spine) 7 times, Carceres: Rooms where chariots were kept