FORUM. 
Rome, where seo were judicially tried, and orations de- 
a to the people 
hele fora, called ci ivilia, in contradiftinGtion to thofe 
of the na kind above-mentioned, h were denominated 
Romana ‘alle lf forum vetus 5 a eepeimek forum, 
or the Pik the this was a 
large op witho ns buildings o or ieee other ornament. 
oe pee eae firtt inclofed it; the elder Tarquin adorned 
with porticos ; and fucceeding kings, confuls, and ma- 
gitratee ee it at ras i one of the nebleft re in 
thew as called *« Forum Romanum,’’ or fin 
¢ Formmn,”? by way of em inher on account of ee en 
in comparifon of the other fora, and of its moft general ule 
Martial and Statius, for the re reafon, 
e of * Forum Latium ;’\ Ovi e fame, 
; He rodian per it HY 
a, 
tines for holding the asrape (whic h f was OF 
this forum, in which’ the ree Siler i a “fort 
of pulpit, adorned with oe beaks s taken ina fea- 
fight from the inhabitants of Ant pe this the caufes 
were pleaded, ke orations made, am the panegyrics fpoken 
by a a at a death of their friends or relations. Nea 
this w uteal.”? 
t 
able ; who fays, that the Romans, when- 
ever the- nes fell upon a place without a roof, took 
eare, from fuperftitions motives, to have a fort of cover 
built over it, which they called ** Puteal.”? This had t 
name of ** Puteal Libonus,’’ and “Scriboaium Puteal,’’ be. 
caufe Scribonius Libo ere&ed it by order of the fenare, 
The pretor’s es which food very near it, is often 
sac he by th expreffion 
lian pee > called alfo “‘ Ceefar’s,’? was built by 
Julius * Coclar with he fpoilstaken in the Gallic war. Its 
area alone, as Suetonius informs us, coft one hundred thou- 
fand ae ah and Dio affirms, that it much exceeded the 
oman 
«Au pe s forum’? was built by Auguftus Czfar, 
and was reckoned by Pliny among the wonders of the c city. 
The moit remarkable rie i it prefented was the ftatues 
n each fi In 
the ' 
the ey all the kings of Rome leanne with Romu- 
lus; moft of the cau perfons. in the commonwealth, 
and Auguftus himfelf among the reft; with an praia 
upon the pedeftal of every ftatue, exprefling the chief 
actions and exploits of the pe a. it re ae efented, This 
forum was reftored by the emperor Adria 
*¢ Nerva’s forum’’ was begun by Domitian, but finifhed 
and named by the emperor Nerva. In this forum Alexan- 
P 
eified, in imitation o 
been 
his forum. This forum was called “ Tranfitorium,’’ be- 
aufe it lay very convenient for a paflage to the others; 
« 'Trajan’s reat was bu il b by the emperor Tre rajan with 
the as ale taken in his wars. 
The porticos eee this forum were pr ece-cinely beau. 
tiful and magnificent, covered with brafs, and fupported 
Neds of more than ordinary fize, and exquifite work- 
a 
The forum of ore was ereCted by Conftentine, 
when he eftablifhed this city on the commanding eminence 
of the ee hill, where he oe pitched his tent, cane Ave 
fiege and conqueft of Byzantium. = edifice was of a 
oe or rather elliptical form: the two oppofite entrances 
formed ‘triumphal arches; the tte. which inclofed it 
on every fide, were filled with ftatues ; and ae centre of 
the forum was occupied by a lofty olan: of which a mu- 
tilated fray ment is now degrade 
** burnt pillar.’ This colu 
white hie twenty ae high ; and was compofed o 
pieces o porphyry. each of which a pa feet 
in height, and about 33 in circumfere e fum- 
mit of the pillar, above a feet aia cite oe Rood the 
coloffal ftatue of Apo which was of bronze, and had 
a sa hate hither "from pees or an a town of 
pofed to be the work of Phidias. The 
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eye of the ee or the common coun - jntice: is for 
i oi or the inner forum, z.¢. in the eye of God 
nf{cien 
vee are a matte man things Rot = in fore 
legis, which yet are criminal ia foro confcien 
oruM Adriani, in Ancient G aa. "Vaestotte, 
place in Infula Batavorum, S.E. of Lugdunum Batavorum ; 
where Adrian eftablifhed a ea ef mart for _purpote 
rryin ee is oe with Great 
of Gallia Cifpadana, inhabited. iy the 
ingones} now es Appii, a town of Italy, i 
co defroyed.——. rum, a 
of Myfa, 1 12 ee from 
n of in Gallia Cian, in in 
a town of Italy, in Etruria, between Tarquinii an the weit, 
and Falarii to the eaft. ——Claudii, Oriolo, a pear town 
of Italy, in Etruria, to the fouth-eaft of Cara Oy 
oe wn of Gaul, in the province of the Alps, jee capital of 
e Centrones. Cornelti, Imola, a town of Gallia Cif- 
pina, . of Ravenna, and S.E. of Bologna. —— Decii 
town has Italy in the dsaal | of the soma ; oy aie to 
ear Furano. iuguntorum, 
ee a oni of Tnfubria (Ptol.), in Gallia et ee 
S. of Bergomum. 
Tarragonnenfis, feated o 
Aftari, W. of Aftur 
de Rio Seco 
a rum, atown of Spain, in the 
he Silys, inthe country of the 
rica; eppoe to be the prefent Medina - 
mini f Italy, S.W. of Nu, 
ria. F aa a town of Italy, in Liguria, ad on the 
— N.W. of Dertona; fuppofed to be Valence, in the 
uchy of Milan. —— 
of Gallia Cifalpina, a 
Spain, in the Tarra sags and coyntry ws the Vafcones, 
N.W. of Ofca.—Julit, Frejus, 
coalt of Gallia NecoaneaG. W. of the 
See Freyus———Lebuorum, or Libicorum, a fe of Italy, 
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