What does forum mean?
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Center of public life among the Romans of Antiquity - the agora of the Greeks -, the
forum
was originally a place for markets which became the space where legal and civil matters were handled, the place elections and civil and religious ceremonies, sessions of the Senate.
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From Julius Caesar, monuments were added: triumphal arches, basilicas, temples, commemorative columns, etc.
The forums (because the model of the Roman forum was then established in many other cities of the Empire) included rostrums, platforms where the speakers were held.
So places of speech.
A debate, a conference ...
Nowadays, the word is used both to designate a debate, a conference or, with a little air of its Roman past, a commercial area (the Forum des Halles, in Paris) and, from the internet, a discussion space. on a website or on an online service that allows Internet users to discuss, ask questions or post answers on the proposed themes.
From
Give Us Our Daily Latin
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