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I believe that if the Roman empire had not fallen and had developed with the rest of the world, the forum would have become a shopping mall. Ginger and I did some research on the forum and found out much. The forum was very important in the everyday life of Romans. Ginger and I paid close attention to the Forum Romanum, which was the first forum, in the heart of Rome. The forum was home to many temples. These temples included the Temple of Venus and Roma, Temple of Divine Julius, Temple of Romulus and many more. These temples were dedicated to people and gods, and the Romans would pay tribute to the multitude of gods they worshiped here. The forum also held many Basilicas, or halls used to hold court and meeting places for wealthy Romans. The Rostra was a speaker's platform from which speakers addressed crowds. From this platform many of the great and famous speeches in Roman history were delivered.The product Ginger and I made was us imaging what the forum would look like if the Roman Empire had not fallen. The Romans were very technologically advanced and would have continued advancing into today. We made the forum into a giant shopping mall consisting of all the aspects of the original forum, in addition to some stores that would be in this mall. The forum was already like a giant outlet store with market places and temples and basilicas, but as time progresses we imagine they would add stores since it would be the central aspect of Rome.
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Bibliography:
"Forum Romanum." Forum Romanum. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Dec. 2014.
"Forum Romanum." , Rome. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Dec. 2014.
Watkin, David. The Roman Forum. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2009. Print.
Olsen, Madeline. Roman Architecture. Orlando: Harcourt School, 2006. Print.
I love the historical scenario you created! The questions you ask are fantastic and you connected the Roman Forum effectively to modern day. The conclusions you draw are super unique and they are backed up with evidence and visualized with the model. Very cool!
ReplyDeleteThe shops seem like something that would really be in the modern forum. They relate really well between today and what happened then. It seems like a bridge between two eras. You mentioned earlier about technologies that would have existed, which makes sense considering resources. It's a nice and very well thought out connection.
ReplyDeleteTry using a page break after your fist paragraph-which is very well written, fyi- it'll save space.
ReplyDeleteI know there was a lot more to the Forum, with a bunch of other places you could go. You should reference them a bit. Otherwise, this was really good. I liked how you started it off with questions to get the reader wondering.
ReplyDeleteI really liked your product and how the stores referenced modern day and Roman times. However, I feel that your links could be stronger as they just explained structures present at the time. Otherwise, I really felt that you put a lot of effort into the post and your project.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your product because I can tell it took a lot of time. I also like all of the links your provided, it is really helpful. You kept this article organized and straight forward. Very nice job.
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