The colonial forum of Tarraco is an
ancient Roman
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archaeological site located in the modern city of
Tarragona
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in
Catalonia
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,
Spain
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.
[Salom i Garreta 2006, pp. 69, 73.]
Notes
References
*Salom i Garreta, C. (2006)
El ''auguraculum'' de la Colonia Tárraco: ''Sedes inaugurationis coloniae Tarraco'' Archivo Español de Arqueología, 79(0): 69-87. Madrid, Spain: Instituto de Historia. . .
Further reading
*Fishwick, Duncan (1999)
The "Temple of Augustus" at Tarraco ''Latomus'' T. 58, Fasc. 1 (JANVIER-MARS 1999), pp. 121–138. Brussels, Belgium: Société d'Études Latines de Bruxelles. .
*Noguera Celdrán, José Miguel (2009)
''Fora Hispanie'': Paisaje urbano, arquitectura, programas decorativos y culto imperial en los foros de las ciudades hispanorromanas Monografías MAM 3. Murcia, Spain: Museo Arqueológico de Murcia.
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Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Catalonia
Ancient Roman forums