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Photograph by Ann Morgan, used with permission., The Forum at Jerash (modern Jordan)

Although built in the late Roman Empire, the Forum at Jerash (modern Jordan), like the city itself, lived a remarkably long life. Just down the street…

Tags: forum, Jerash, Jordan, mosques, plaza

Pradigue, The Forum of Bullia Regia in Tunisia, Wikimedia Commons

ISMAILOVE, The Forum of Meninx in Tunisia., Wikimedia Commons, March 28 2013

Meninx was an important center for the production of purple dye. This forum likely played a significant role in the production and sale of such a…

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, forum, late antique, Late Antiquity, Market, Medieval, Meninx, North Africa, Politics, roman empire, Society, Tunisia, Urbanism

IssamBarhoumi, The Forum of Thuburbo Majus in Northern Tunisia., Wikimedia Commons, September 28th 2014

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, forum, late antique, Late Antiquity, Market, Medieval, North Africa, Politics, roman empire, Society, Thuburbo Majus, Tunisia, Urbanism

Amphipolis, The Forum of Trajan in Rome., Wikimedia Commons, June 20th 2014

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Cities, Early Middle Ages, Economics, Fall of Rome, forum, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Market, Medieval, Public Spaces, roman empire, Rome, Society, Trajan, Urbanism

Jebulon, The Roman Forum with a view of the 7th Century Column of Phokas, Wikimedia Commons, August 22nd 2013

Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, The Serapeum of Alexandria with a view of the Column of Diocletian, Wikimedia Commons, March 2009