Roman Agora

The Roman Agora was built around 100 metres east of the original agora by Eucles of Marathon between 27 BC and 17 BC (or possibly in 10 BC),{{Cite web |title=Ρωμαϊκή Αθήνα |url=https://www.archaiologia.gr/blog/archaeological_site/%CF%81%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%8A%CE%BA%CE%AE-%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%AE%CE%BD%CE%B1/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Αρχαιολογία Online |language=el}} using funds donated by Augustus, in fulfilment of a promise originally made by Julius Caesar in 51 BC.{{sfn|Schmalz|2009|pp=79-80}} The Roman Agora has not today been fully excavated, but is known to have been an open space surrounded by a peristyle. To its south was a fountain. To its west, behind a marble colonnade, were shops and a Doric propylon (entrance), the Gate of Athena Archegetis. To its east was an Ionic gate, the East Propylon,Camp, 2001: 192 next to the Tower of the Winds and a set of "vespasianae" (public toilets). An inscription records the existence of an Agoranomion (an office for market officials), while another, set on the propylon of Athena Archegetis records a decree from Hadrian's reign regarding the tax obligations of oil merchants.Ζαρμακούπη, 2023: 139

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• {{Cite book|title=The Archaeology of Athens|last=Camp|first=John M.|isbn=0300081979|publisher=Yale University Press|location=London|year=2001|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/archaeologyofath00camp}}
• {{cite book |last1=Schmalz |first1=Geoffrey C. R. |title=Augustan and Julio-Claudian Athens : a new epigraphy and prosopography |date=2009 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden |isbn=978-90-04-17009-4}}
• Ζαρμακούπη, Μ. (2023). [https://www.archaiologia.gr/blog/archaeological_site/%cf%81%cf%89%ce%bc%ce%b1%cf%8a%ce%ba%ce%ae-%ce%b1%ce%b8%ce%ae%ce%bd%ce%b1/ "Ρωμαϊκή Αθήνα]". Αρχαιολογία και Τέχνες 141, 125-127, 139.

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• [http://www.stoa.org/athens/sites/romagora.html The Roman Agora & the Tower of Winds] at The Stoa Consortium (www.stoa.org).
• [http://www.eie.gr/archaeologia/En/chapter_more_5.aspx The Roman Agora: the first commercial centre of Athens] at National Hellenistic Research Foundation (www.eie.gr).

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