Roman Forum (Thessaloniki)
The Roman Forum
The Roman Odeon
The Roman Forum of Thessaloniki is the ancient Roman-era forum (or Agora) of the city, located at the upper side of Aristotelous Square.
It is a large two-terraced forum[1] featuring two-storey stoas, dug up by accident in the 1960s. The forum complex also boasts two Roman baths,[2] one of which has been excavated while the other is buried underneath the city, and a small theater which was also used for gladiatorial games. Although the initial complex was not built in Roman times, it was largely refurbished in the 2nd century.[2] It is believed that the forum and the theater continued to be used until at least the 6th century.[3]
Notes
- ↑ John S. Bowman, Sherry Marker, Peter Kerasiotis, Rebecca Tobin (25 January 2008). Frommer's Greece. Frommer's. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Joseph Roisman, Ian Worthington (2011). A Companion to Ancient Macedonia. Wiley-Backwell. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- ↑ Laura Salah Nasrallah, Charalambos Bakirtzis, Steven J. Friesen (2010). From Roman to early Christian Thessalonikē: studies in religion and archaeology. Harvard College. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
Coordinates: 40°38′17″N 22°56′46″E / 40.638°N 22.946°E
