Lapis Niger
Rome, Italy
Culture
The Lapis Niger is an ancient shrine in the Roman Forum. Together with the associated Vulcanal it constitutes the only surviving remnants of the old Comitium, an early assembly area that preceded the Forum and is thought to derive from an archaic cult site of the 7th or 8th century BC. The black marble paving and modern concrete enclosure of the Lapis Niger overlie an ancient altar and a stone block with one of the earliest known Old Latin inscriptions (c.
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