The Temple of Saturn also acted as the treasury (the aerarium). The gold and silver reserves, public funds and their accounts were stored here. The temple also housed the standards of the legions, enacted laws inscribed on bronze tablets, and the copies of senatorial decrees. The latter were then transferred to the state archives which were held to a new nearby building, the tabularium. The official scales for the weighing of metals were also held in this temple.

Most of the important buildings in ancient Rome were the temples. The basilicas (public buildings) the Curia (where the senate met), the baths (which were also important centres for communal and public life), the theaters and amphitheaters (arenas which hosted popular games), the circuses (racing tracks for chariot races), triumphal arches and the warehouses along river Tiber and at the port of Ostia, on the coast of the sea, were also important building. The tabularium, the state archive, and the office buildings at the forum of Trajan were also important.

It depends, the Romans had two types of fora (plural of forum): the forum civilium and the forum venalium. The former was the civic centre, the latter was a commercial forum, or market. In the forum civilium there would be the seats of the administrators, the courts, the senate house (the municipium, local council, had a senate with local competence modelled on that of Rome), the seat of the local assembly of the tribes (if it was based in that town), an area for public speeches, public buildings (basilicas), important temples, shops and entertainment.

At the Forum Magnum (the Romans called it Forum or Forum Magnum, Roman Forum is a modern term) in Rome there was also the the aerarium (the treasury) the tabularium (the state archives) and the regia, the residence of the pontifex maximus, the head of the Roman state religion.

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

The Romans had two types of forum: the forum civilium and the forum venalium. The former was the civic forum and the latter was the commercial forum, or market.

The forum civilium was the civic centre and the heart of a city. It had a comitia, a place where the popular assemblies met to vote, public speeches were made and public debates occurred. It had a senate house. Roman cities had their own local senate, modelled on the senate of the city of Rome. It had the courts were trials were conducted and administrative offices. It had public buildings (basilicas), shops, entertainments and important temples.

At the Forum Magnum (the Romans called it Forum or Forum Magnum, Roman Forum is a modern term) in the city of Rome there was also the aerarium (the treasury) the tabularium (the state archives) and the regia (the residence of the pontifex maximus, the head of the Roman state religion) the rostra, a platfrom for speeches made with the bows (rostra) of ships captured in a naval battle, triumphal arches which commemorated victories in battle, and statues of important people.

Rome had several fora venalia: 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).