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The Forum Boarium was the cattle market of ancient Rome. It was located at a flat place near the Tiber at the foot of the Palatine and Aventine hills. It was the site of the massive 6th or 5th century BC "Great Altar of Hercules, as well as a 2nd century BC temple of Hercules and an old temple of Portunes. The Forum Holitorium was close by.

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Roman Forum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (672 words)
	The Forum Boarium was dedicated to the commerce of cattle and was between the Palatine Hill and the river Tiber.
	The Forum Suarium was dedicated to the commerce of pork, near the barracks of the cohortes urbanae in the northern part of the campus Martius.
	Christian Hülsen: The Roman Forum (at LacusCurtius; Hülsen was one of the principal excavators of the Forum)

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