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![Imperial Rostra - Ancient Rome Live](/uploads/kraked/6/6-1901_ci_preview.jpg?v=1580106371-1725690496)
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Imperial Rostra - Ancient Rome Live
The imperial rostra was created by Julius Caesar and expanded by Augustus. It the speaker's platform in the forum, originally a curved wall portion of the round Comitium, decoded with bronze ship rams after a naval victory in 338 BCE. Augustus...
![Detail of marble-work](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/470.jpg?v=1599279304)
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Detail of marble-work
Located in the Forum Romanum, the picture illustrates a broken piece of marble and the wonderfully preserved condition of the stonemason's handiwork. Not sure where this piece came from originally but its remains were located in the vicinity...
![Via Sacra](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/471.jpg?v=1599279304)
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Via Sacra
Rubble strewn Via Sacra near the Rostra. On right side can be seen the remains of the Basilica Julia & off in the distance the three famous columns of the remain's of the Temple of Castor & Pollux
![Roman Philosophy](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5998.jpg?v=1717192383)
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Roman Philosophy
Roman philosophy played a significant role in the growth and development of Western thought. While not involved directly in the development of original philosophical thought, Rome made significant contributions in two ways: by conveying Greek...
![Roman Forum](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/145.jpg?v=1710067743)
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Roman Forum
The Roman Forum or Forum Romanum of ancient Rome was the bustling religious, administrative, legal, and commercial heart of the city from the 7th century BCE onwards. Made increasingly grandiose and ceremonial in function by the Imperial...
![Cicero](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/1026.jpg?v=1715123229)
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Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman orator, statesman, and writer. He was born on 6 January 106 BCE at either Arpinum or Sora, 70 miles south-east of Rome, in the Volscian mountains. His father was an affluent eques, and the family was distantly...
![Forum Piazza - Ancient Rome Live](/uploads/kraked/6/6-1912_ci_preview.jpg?v=1580105774-1725690496)
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Forum Piazza - Ancient Rome Live
The central forum piazza, about the size of a football field was a place of meeting and socialization, assembly, voting, riots and entertainment (gladiator fights). This site was inundated with statuary of every type, hemmed in with honorary...
![Rostrum from a Roman Warship (Detail)](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7120.jpg?v=1618564519)
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Rostrum from a Roman Warship (Detail)
Rostrum from a Roman warship used in the Battle of the Aegates Islands. C. 250-241 BCE. Soprintendenza del Mare, (National Maritime Museum, Sydney Australia). Eleven rostra have been recovered so far from the site of the Battle of the...