In Roman cities the Forum was the meeting place of the population for commercial and political activities, the administration of justice, the performance of religious functions and, in general, for the different moments of the social and aggregative life of the community. The preserved remains can be dated back to the second century A.D., with the temple towards the northern end and the civil basilica arranged to close the southern side. In the centre are the remains of some buildings facing an open space, referable to the late Republican Vicus. The civil basilica, rectangular in shape, was divided into two floors: the lower one, now surviving, is identified with a cryptoporticus open on the road that delimited the monumental area to the east; the upper one was instead accessible from the square and from outside the forum by a staircase leaning against the southern side.
