FAH101H1 Lecture Notes - Roman Forum, Pomerium, Servian Wall
Document Summary
For much of its history rome did not need a wall as it was the undisputed ruler. Rome had a third boundary besides the two erected walls: the pomerium. Only marked at its turning points by stones. On the one had it defined a civil space in which no military activity was allowed. The second (disputed) function was that there were no foreign non-roman cults (but seems to only be applied to egyptian cults). the egyptian cults were located in the field of mars, which was excluded from the. Pomerium, also of course because it was associated with military training. The servian wall appears to include that which the pomerium does. The pomerium changed over the course of rome"s history, enlarged an redrawn several times. The extending of the boundary was undertaken because whenever they gained new territory abroad (expanding their whole territory) the pomerium was redrawn to mirror their expanding borders.
