the Rostra he Rostra dated from 338 B.C. It was the speaking
platform at the Roman Forum. The Rostra, to which the rams of captured
ships had been attached, was located at the edge of the Comitium. You can
still see the holes in which the pegs were fixed. With these pegs the rams
were attached. If the population of Rome was enraged the heads of enemies
would be stuck to the sharp rams. By the way, the Romans frequently
suffered the same fate. Rome's famous orator Cicero was the poor one on
the 7th of December 43 B.C. His hands and head were stuck to the rams,
after he had fallen into Mark Antony's disgrace.
 The selected section shows the platform of the Rostra
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