New rostra
Rome, Roman Forum
New rostra.
Rome, Roman Forum
(Roma, Foro Romano).
Description:
Rostra is the platform at the Forum from which political orators delivered speeches before Romans. The name came from rostra — the bow part of a vessel. The front side of the platform was decorated with the rostra of six ships (captured by Romans in the war with Latins in 338 B.C.).
Credits:
© Photo, text: J. M. Roberts. ILLYUSTRIROVANNAYA ISTORIYA MIRA V 10 TOMAH. TOM 3. RIM I KLASSICHESKII ZAPAD. M.: BMM AO, 1999. S. 15.
© Photo: Izdatel’stvo Skala
© Photo: Izdatel’stvo Skala