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Rostra
the rostra
also: the rostra, rostris
The speaker's platform in the Roman Forum, named for the ships' beaks (rostra) adorning it; from it Trajan swore obedience to the laws as a private citizen would.
Reading notes
- The Letters §2.1.6 the Rostra
The speakers' platform in the Forum, named from the rams (rostra) of captured warships that adorned it.
- Panegyric to Trajan §65 the rostra
The speaker's platform in the Forum, named from the bronze ships' beaks (rostra) that decorated it; here Trajan publicly swore he had done nothing against the laws.