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Some questions on the Forum of Zadar

A stone monument interpreted as an altar was found on the forum of Zadar, spurring considerations on some forum characteristics and question of the functional connection between forum and monument. On the forum of Zadar two shallow basins are symmetrically positioned in front of Capitoline temple, meanwhile a central strip with traces of inscription in bronze letters (litterae caelatae) extends along the entire length of forum. Comparison with series of fora in towns in Italy and provinces and with fountain and basin stands leads to the assumption that the original Augustan conception of forum of Zadar included a pair of basins with fountains of ritual function, where the supposed altar was actually a stand of the fountain.

Zadar, forum, stand, basin, fountain, litterae caelatae

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