The Forum Vinarium () was the wine ''forum venalium'' of early

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. It was located in the area of the modern ''quartiere''

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, between the

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and the

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. A series of inscriptions from outside the walls of Rome connects the Forum Vinarium to a group of money lenders ('' argentarii'').

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