The principal square of a Roman town, the Forum is enclosed by colonnades and bounded on the north by the Temple of Jupiter, rising on a three-meter base.
At the corner to its right is the Macellum, a hall for selling food. Various shrines, temples, and other buildings surround the Forum - the Shrine of the Lares; the Temple of Vespasian; a hall for selling wool; and the Curia, where the town council met.
Nearby, the basilica was used as a market and a law-court. To its left, the Temple of Apollo is surrounded by 48 Ionic columns. One of the newer homes to be opened is that of Triptolemus, in front of the basilica.
