There is no modern equivalent. The forum was a civic and religious centre where the town senate house, the assembly point for voting, the administrative offices, the courts and m,any of the temples were located. In small towns the forum also hosted the marker. In the city of Rome the civil centre (forum civilium) and the market centre (forum venalium) were separate. The forum Magnum (or Romans forum is a modern term) was the forum civilium. The fora venalia (plural of forum venalum) were: the Forum Boarium (cattle market) the Forum Suarium (meat market) the Forum Piscarium (fish market) the Forum Holitorium (vegetable market) the Forum Vinarium (wine market) the Forum Pistorium (bakers' market) and the Forum Cuppedinis (delicatessen market).

There is no modern equivalent. The forum was a civic and religious centre where the town senate house, the assembly point for voting, the administrative offices, the courts and m,any of the temples were located. In small towns the forum also hosted the marker. In the city of Rome the civil centre (forum civilium) and the market centre (forum venalium) were separate. The forum Magnum (or Romans forum is a modern term) was the forum civilium. The fora venalia (plural of forum venalum) were: the Forum Boarium (cattle market) the Forum Suarium (meat market) the Forum Piscarium (fish market) the Forum Holitorium (vegetable market) the Forum Vinarium (wine market) the Forum Pistorium (bakers' market) and the Forum Cuppedinis (delicatessen market).

The city of Rome had several fora (plural of forum) venalia (plural of venalium). These were commercial fora, or markets which were separate from the forum civilium, which was the civic forum, the civic centre and the heart of a city and its public, political, judicial and administrative life.

The fora venalia of the city of Rome were; the Forum Boarium (cattle market) the Forum Suarium (meat market) the Forum Piscarium (fish market) the Forum Holitorium (vegetable market) the Forum Vinarium (wine market) the Forum Pistorium (bakers' market) and the Forum Cuppedinis (delicatessen market).

wine,vegetables and grains

The Forum Romanum was a forum civilium (civic centre), not a Forum Venalium (market). It was the centre of political, judicial and public life. It had temples, public buildings, tribunals , the comitiium (the place where the assemblies met), the speaker's Rostra, the senate house and the tabularium (records hall).

The Fora Venalia (plural of Forum Venalium) developed along the river Tiber, near the port, and expanded in the campus Martius . The oldest one was the Forum Boarium (for cattle) and was at the end of the valley between the Capitoline and Palatine hills. The Forum Vinarium (for wine) was near the Aventine Hill. The Forum Holitorium (for vegetables) and the Forun Saurium (for pork), were in the campus Martius. The Forum Piscarium (for fish) was between the Forum Romanum and the Subura

Forum is the name for an ancient Roman market. In some of the smaller towns the forum was also a civic center. The main forum in the city of Rome itself, the Forum Romanum, evolved exclusively into a civic center.