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

It is a large two-terraced forum featuring two-storey stoas, dug up by accident in the 1960s. The forum complex also boasts two Roman baths, 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. It is believed that the forum and the theater continued to be used until at least the 6th century.

The area of the forum was planned to be the site of the Thessaloniki Municipal Courthouse (in Greek: Δικαστικό Μέγαρο), but after the ruins were discovered during the excavation, the project was scrapped. While the courthouse building was relocated, the intended name of the square ("Courthouse/Dikastirion Square") still survives in popular use. The official name of the square however is "of Ancient Agora (Archaias Agoras)".

Gallery

• Roman odeon, front view
• The Roman Odeon
• Stoa
• View
• View
• South view
• Glass artifacts exhibited in the forum`s museum
• Golden artifacts exhibited in the forum`s museum
• The square
• Engraving of Las Incantadas portico, which once stood next to the forum

Notes

1. John S. Bowman; Sherry Marker; Peter Kerasiotis; Rebecca Tobin (25 January 2008). Frommer's Greece. Frommer's. ISBN 9780470260814. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
2. ^ Joseph Roisman; Ian Worthington (2011). A Companion to Ancient Macedonia. Wiley-Backwell. ISBN 9781444351637. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
3. Laura Salah Nasrallah; Charalambos Bakirtzis; Steven J. Friesen (2010). From Roman to early Christian Thessalonikē: studies in religion and archaeology. Harvard College. ISBN 9780674053229. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

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

v t e Landmarks of Thessaloniki
Macedonian period	Agios Athanasios tombs
Roman period	Arch of Galerius and Rotunda Las Incantadas Navarinou Square Roman Forum Palace of Galerius Catacombs of Thessaloniki
Paleochristian and Byzantine	UNESCO 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 the Saviour Church of Prophet Elijah Heptapyrgion Hagios Demetrios Hagia Sophia Vlatades Monastery Walls of Thessaloniki
Ottoman period	Alaca Imaret Mosque Bey Hamam Church of Saint Gregory Palamas Immaculate Conception Cathedral Government House Lazarist Monastery White Tower of Thessaloniki Yahudi Hamam Yeni Mosque
Modern period	Agias Sofias Square Alexandreio Melathron Aristotelous Square Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Kaftanzoglio Stadium Ladadika Stoa Modiano Thessaloniki railway station National Theatre of Northern Greece OTE Tower Port of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Concert Hall
Jewish sites	Monastir Synagogue Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki Allatini Mills Eleftherias Square Holocaust Museum of Greece Stoa Hirsch
Streets	Egnatia Street Nikis Avenue Tsimiski Street Vasilissis Olgas Avenue
Villas/Mansions	Villa Allatini Villa Bianca Villa Mehmet Kapanci Villa A. Kapanci Villa Modiano Villa Mordoch Villa Petridi Gategno-Florentin Mansion Longos Mansion Moskof Mansion Stein Mansion Palataki State Conservatory of Thessaloniki Centre for Byzantine Research
Gardens/Parks	Seih Sou Nea Paralia Pedion tou Areos Pasha's Gardens [el]
Marinas	Marina Aretsou
Other	Labbatoir Ano Poli Stoa Malakopi Mikra British Cemetery Church of Taxiarches
Museums	Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki Atatürk Museum Museum of Byzantine Culture Cinema Museum French Museum of Zeitenlik Museum for the Macedonian Struggle NOESIS Macedonian Museum of Modern Art Museum of Photography State Museum of Modern Art Teloglion Foundation of Art War Museum
Events	Thessaloniki International Film Festival Thessaloniki International Fair Thessaloniki International Book Fair

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