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Rostra

a Pleiades place resource

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A large platform in the Roman Forum built for senators to deliver orations to a crowd.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/796942355

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.89258, 12.48458

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- ToposText Location (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Rostra (Latin, unspecified date range)

Rostra makes connections with:

Rostra located in Forum Romanum (unspecified date range)

Rostra receives connections from:

None

Place type:
platform

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Anika Campbell, 'Rostra: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/796942355> [accessed: 06 March 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/796942355 |title=Places: 796942355 (Rostra) |author=Campbell, A. |accessdate=March 6, 2026 3:23 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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