1. Rostra by Liam Perry

2. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1f/Rostra_Vetera.jpg

3. http://rodriguez10-4.pbworks.com/w/page/10211537/Roman%20Empire

4. a platform where speakers would deliver orations to crowds of people gets its name from the 6 bronze rostra on the front (warship rams)

5. History the first rostra were captured by Duilius during the victory at Antium in 338 BC the rostra were then replaced in 260 BC by C. Duilius Nepos after defeating the Carthagians at Mylae

6. http://www.romeartlover.it/Storia12.html

7. Bibliography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostra http://www.vroma.org/~forum/rostra.html http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/romanforum/rost ra.html