Macellum
A macellum is an ancient Roman indoor market building that sold mostly provisions.
A macellum is a fairly easy building to identify from its design. A macellum provides shops arranged around a courtyard which contains a central tholos. The tholos is a round structure, usually built upon a couple of steps (a podium), with a ring of columns supporting a domed roof. A macellum is usually square in shape. (wiki)
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Aquileia | round structure of the Macellum, dated back to the Republican age (nom file) | |
| Cilento and Vallo di Diano | In Paestum | |
| Djémila | In the central quarter (AB ev) | |
| Ephesus | See no. 100 on this City Map | |
| Leptis Magna | ||
| Pompei | ||
| Timgad | Has 2 "Macella". The Sertius and the " Eastern". See |
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