Civic forum of Praeneste

archaeological site · 330 BC – 2099 AD

The so-called civil forum of ancient Praeneste served as the center of the ancient city and was used across multiple periods. Its archaeological remains today correspond to the Piazza Regina Margherita and lie beneath the Sant'Agapito martire's cathedral. A large Etrusco-Italic temple of the fourth century BCE was situated here as well as a Roman-period basilica where the famous "Nile mosaic" was located in a flanking, apsidal room.

Coordinates

41.83943, 12.89222

Also known as

Foro civile di Preneste (it), Foro civile di Preneste (it)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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