A Graecostasis és Graecostadium topográfiai kérdéséhez

Abstract

The study treats one of the topographical problems of the Roman city history; the question of the identification of Graecostasis and Graecostadium and their location in the Forum and their function. The author maintains that these two ideas do not denote the same structure and can be separated from each other both functionally and in place and in time. The author examines the lists of Regionaries and by putting them in a new perspective she states that the Graecostadium can be placed at the unexplored area behind the Forum. She revaluates the connection between the FUR 18e fragment and the Graecostadium and in her opinion based on the fragment the Graecostadium can be located at the south-western end of basilica Iulia. The study analizes the relationship of Graecostadium with Templum divi Augusti, its functioning as a slave-market, its connection with Eastern religions and the genius venalicii. Considering all these problems the FUR 18e fragment and the location of Graecostadium cannot be satisfactorily connected and identified.