FORUM (Sarmisegetuza-Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa)

The forum was composed first of all from a public square surrounded by the porch with columns and paved with lime and marble. In this square were many monuments and statues, some of the foundations are seen today. After that was a basilica and a big hall for several meetings, which had a monumental facade towards the yard, bordered by a buttress. On the Eastern side of the basilica was a tribunal, the platform on which the judges were sitting (most of the time the two mayor of the town) and under which a prison was arranged. On the basilica's side there were several rooms that were offices (ex. the archive of the colony), as well as offices of some associations and corporations as was the augustals board. In the center of the side was the curia, the meeting hall of the local council. Under it are two underground rooms, which were the thesaurus of the town. On its right is a passage to the second forum (initially the commercial market), which was built later and which was the religious center of Sarmizegetusa.

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