Palmyra in Syria

In Roman city planning, a Decumanus Maximus was an east-west-oriented road in a Roman city, military camp, or colonia. The main decumanus was the Decumanus Maximus that normally connects the Porta Pretoria (in a military camp, closest to the enemy) to the Porta Decumana (away from the enemy). In the middle the Decumanus Maximus crosses the perpendicular Cardo or Cardus Maximus, the primary north-south road that was the usual main street. The Forum is normally located at this intersection of the Decumanus Maximus and the Cardus Maximus. Download high resolution version (1280x853, 187 KB)Shot 2005. ... Download high resolution version (1280x853, 187 KB)Shot 2005. ... Palmyra was the name of an ancient city in Syria, now called Tadmor. ... Ancient Rome was a civilization that existed in Europe between 753 BC and its downfall in AD 476. ... A colonia was a Roman outpost, usually established by veterans of a Roman Legion, who received land as a part of their retirement from the Legions. ... In Roman city planning, a cardo or cardus was a north-south-oriented street in ancient Roman cities, military camps, and colonia The main street of the city was most often the cardo and was sometimes called the cardus maximus. ... The Roman Forum (Forum Romanum, although the Romans referred to it more often as the Forum Magnum or just the Forum) was the central area around which ancient Rome developed, in which commerce, business, trading and the administration of justice took place. ...

The term 'decumanus' is derived from the east-west line the augurs would draw when making the auspices. The Augur was a priest or official in ancient Rome. ... Categories: Ancient Rome | Classical oracles | Historical stubs ...