The agora of ancient Greece and was szentélykörzet marketplace, the central square of Greek cities. Sacred space, so that the culprits could not go in there. The earliest built agora was found on the island of Crete Dréroszban. The agora was the tile pieces are placed in a fenced off part of the tile urns can vote.
I agora in Athens. e. 600 to the city center of political life. Here Socrates was convicted and executed in the local jail. Thanks to the theaters, schools and shops in the porticos of the Agora was a social and commercial center of the city as well, and used the Athens silver coins minted in the mint here. The American School of Classical Studies in the Ancient Agora excavations brought to light a number of buildings.
The Agora, the Roman equivalent of the forum.
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