Roman Forum Flashcards

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Eastern End

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Religious Buildings: Regia (home of Pontifex Maximus), Temple of Vesta, and House of Vestal Virgins

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Northwest End

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Governmental Area (600s BCE): Curia (senate house), Comitium (meeting place of assemblies), Rosta (speaker’s platform), and structures placed to Romulus

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Southern End

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Temples: Temple of Saturn (treasury), Temple of Castor and Pollux, and Temple of Janus

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Temple of Saturn

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Built 494 BCE, Associated with Cronus in Greek Religion, Fertility and Agriculture God, also Associated with Capitoline Hill, Ionic Structure, Used as Treasury

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Temple of Castor and Pollux

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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)

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Regia

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Spear of Mars in it, Pontifex Maximus dealt with marriages, deaths, Vestal Virgins, and Children Born w/ deformities

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Servian Wall

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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

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Circus Maximus

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How to Race: Go around spira (spine) 7 times, Carceres: Rooms where chariots were kept

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