place
Forum Romanum
the Forum
also: the noisy forum
The civic and judicial heart of Rome; Ovid notes that even advocates fall in love there.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §1.3 the noisy forum
The Forum Romanum, Rome's legal and civic centre, where even busy advocates are caught by love.
- The Art of Love §2.11 the Forum
The civic and judicial heart of Rome, a place of appointments to be kept early and left late.
- The Festivals §6.9 Curtian lake
The Lacus Curtius in the Forum, once marshy ground, recalled by the old woman's tale.
- The Festivals §6.9 Velabrum
The low quarter between the Forum and the Circus, once a swamp crossed by boat.