Roman Forum (Thessaloniki)

The Roman Forum

The Roman Odeon

The Roman Forum of Thessaloniki is the ancient Roman-era forum (or Agora) of the city, located at the upper side of Aristotelous Square.

It is a large two-terraced forum^[1] featuring two-storey stoas, dug up by accident in the 1960s. The forum complex also boasts two Roman baths,^[2] one of which has been excavated while the other is buried underneath the city, and a small theater which was also used for gladiatorial games. Although the initial complex was not built in Roman times, it was largely refurbished in the 2nd century.^[2] It is believed that the forum and the theater continued to be used until at least the 6th century.^[3]

Notes

↑ John S. Bowman, Sherry Marker, Peter Kerasiotis, Rebecca Tobin (25 January 2008). Frommer's Greece. Frommer's. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
1 2 Joseph Roisman, Ian Worthington (2011). A Companion to Ancient Macedonia. Wiley-Backwell. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
↑ Laura Salah Nasrallah, Charalambos Bakirtzis, Steven J. Friesen (2010). From Roman to early Christian Thessalonikē: studies in religion and archaeology. Harvard College. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

Coordinates: 40°38′17″N 22°56′46″E / 40.638°N 22.946°E / 40.638; 22.946

Landmarks of Thessaloniki

Roman period	Arch of Galerius Navarinou Square Roman Forum

Paleochristian and Byzantine	Agias Sofias Square Byzantine Bath Church of the Acheiropoietos Church of the Holy Apostles Church of Hosios David Church of Panagia Chalkeon Church of Saint Catherine Church of Saint Nicholas Orphanos Church of Saint Panteleimon Church of Prophet Elijah Hagios Demetrios Hagia Sophia Rotunda Walls of Thessaloniki

Ottoman period	Alaca Imaret Mosque Upper Town Bey Hamam Fountain Square Karipeion Melathron Konak New Mosque White Tower of Thessaloniki

Modern period	Alexandreio Melathron Aristotelous Square Gregory Palamas Metropolis Ladadika Modiano Market National Theatre of Northern Greece OTE Tower Port of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Concert Hall

Streets	Egnatia Street Nikis Avenue Tsimiski Street Vasilissis Olgas Street

Villas	Villa Allatini Villa Bianca Villa A.Kapanci Villa Modiano Villa Mordoch Gategno-Florentin mansion Palataki

Museums	Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki Atatürk Museum Balkan Wars Museum Museum of Byzantine Culture Cinema Museum Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Instruments Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki Museum for the Macedonian Struggle NOESIS Museum of Photography Railway Museum State Museum of Contemporary Art War Museum

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