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rostra

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Rostrum \Ros"trum\ (-tr[u^]m), n.; pl. L. Rostra , E. Rostrums . [L., beak, ship's beak, fr. rodere, rosum, to gnaw. See Rodent .] The beak or head of a ship. pl. ( Rostra ) (Rom. Antiq.) The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, ...

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The Rostra was a large platform built in the city of Rome that stood during the republican and imperial periods. Speakers would stand on the rostra and face the north side of the comitium towards the senate house and deliver orations to those assembled ...