{"id":89984,"date":"2021-02-23T11:59:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T10:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?page_id=89984"},"modified":"2021-02-23T11:59:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T10:59:19","slug":"rostra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-art-and-culture\/roman-architecture\/roman-buildings\/rostra\/","title":{"rendered":"Rostra"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rostra was the rostrum at the Forum Romanum<\/b><\/a> that existed during the times of the Republic and Empire. It was erected on a base 5 meters high, on a rectangular plan measuring 29 by 30 meters. The speaker was addressing people in the north-west part of the Forum (the so-called comitium<\/em>) and was facing the building Senate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The rostrum was originally decorated with the bows of ships captured by the Romans in the battle with the Latins at Antium in 338 BCE; hence the name of the rostrum (rostra<\/em> is the plural of rostrum<\/em>, “the ship’s ram”). After Octavian<\/a> over Mark Antony<\/a> under Actium<\/b><\/a>, added new gilded bows gained during battle.<\/p>\n

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Julius Caesar<\/a> after beating rivals in the Civil War<\/a> (49-45 BCE) commissioned a re-arrangement of the Forum Romanum<\/a>. The rostrum has been moved from the comitium<\/em> area to where it is now, or at least its remaining fragments. Caesar<\/a> continued his efforts to reconstruct the Forum.<\/p>\n

Rostra was the site of numerous public appearances. It was from this podium that Cicero<\/a> protested against the rising power of Julius Caesar<\/a>. Then, hated by Caesar’s successors, Cicero<\/a> was killed in 43 BCE, and his head was set on the Rostra as a warning. Marcus Antony’s wife pierced his tongue with her hairpin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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