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Post by Lucius Valerius Silvio on Dec 31, 2007 15:26:48 GMT -5
The Roman Forum, Forum Romanum, (although the Romans called it more often the Forum Magnum or just the Forum) was the central area around which ancient Rome developed, in which commerce and the administration of justice took place. The communal hearth was also located here. It was built on the site of a past cemetery. The forum includes building as: Temples- Temple of Castor and Pollux - Temple of Saturn Basilicas - Basilica Aemilia Others- Regia, originally the residence of the kings of Rome or at least their main headquarters, and later the office of the Pontifex Maximus, the high priest of Roman religion. - Rostra, from where politicians made their speeches to the Roman citizens - Curia Hostilia (later rebuilt as the Curia Julia), the site of the Roman Senate. - Atrium Vestae, the house of the Vestal Virgins
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Post by Marcus Flavius Aquila on Jan 14, 2008 6:45:59 GMT -5
((OOC: I hope it was ok for me to post here, if not let me know))
IC:
Marcus had a day off; it could be said, after training and taking his Legion for a while in order to kept them fit for battle and deserted and inhospitable places, in order for them to fight with the same eagerness as if they fought at home.
He had studied Greek culture and training techniques, he always believed that past examples had much of greatness, especially if one considers the beginning of Rome, which is said to have come after the Battle of Troy. He liked to experiment things he learned and so now he was to study Persian and Egyptian training tactics. ‘One must learn what one can from everyone’, he always thought.
Therefore, in this glorious and warm day, Marcus had gone to the forum in order to give thanks and praise to the gods. Then he was going to look for scrolls or annuals where he would do some reading concerning foreign training systems. He stopped right in front of the forum in order to admire its brilliance, once more, before he went to look for the papers to do some reading.
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