id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9909 Forum (Roman) - Wikipedia .html text/html 1426 309 55 Forum (Roman) Wikipedia Find sources: "Forum" Roman – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) The Roman Forum in Rome, Italy The functions of a forum[edit] By the time of the late Republic expansions refurbishing of the forums of the city had inspired Pompey Magnus to create the Theatre of Pompey in 55 BC. The structure was the forebearer to Julius Caesar's first Imperial forum and the rest to follow. Fora were a regular part of every Roman province in the Republic and the Empire, with archaeological examples at: In new Roman towns the forum was usually located at, or just off, the intersection of the main north–south and east–west streets (the cardo and decumanus). Typical forum structures[edit] Media related to Ancient Roman forums at Wikimedia Commons Forum Categories: Ancient Roman forums ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9909.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9909.txt