Forum Piscarium
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The Forum Piscarium was the fish forum venalium
of ancient Rome
, north of the Roman Forum
, between the Sacra Via and the Argiletum. It was burned in 210 BC
and rebuilt the next year. In 179
it was incorporated in the general Macellum
, built by Marcus Fulvius Nobilior
in the same region.
This forum is called piscatorium in Livy
, and piscarium in Varro
and Plautus
(Curc. 474).
Forum Venalium
A Forum Venalium was a food market in Ancient Rome during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire. These mercantile forums were extensions of the Roman Forum and contained numerous buildings and monuments erected under the Republic and the Empire.In Politics Aristotle proposed that a city should have...
of ancient Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, north of the Roman Forum
Roman Forum
The Roman Forum is a rectangular forum surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum...
, between the Sacra Via and the Argiletum. It was burned in 210 BC
210 BC
Year 210 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellus and Laevinus...
and rebuilt the next year. In 179
179
Year 179 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Veru...
it was incorporated in the general Macellum
Macellum
A macellum is an ancient Roman indoor market building that sold mostly provisions . The building normally sat alongside the forum and basilica, providing a place in which a market could be held...
, built by Marcus Fulvius Nobilior
Marcus Fulvius Nobilior
Marcus Fulvius Nobilior , Roman general, a member of one of the most important families of the patrician Fulvius gens....
in the same region.
This forum is called piscatorium in Livy
Livy
Titus Livius — known as Livy in English — was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people. Ab Urbe Condita Libri, "Chapters from the Foundation of the City," covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome well before the traditional foundation in 753 BC...
, and piscarium in Varro
Marcus Terentius Varro
Marcus Terentius Varro was an ancient Roman scholar and writer. He is sometimes called Varro Reatinus to distinguish him from his younger contemporary Varro Atacinus.-Biography:...
and Plautus
Plautus
Titus Maccius Plautus , commonly known as "Plautus", was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest surviving intact works in Latin literature. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by the innovator of Latin literature, Livius Andronicus...
(Curc. 474).