1. Ships’ battering rams from
naval victories decorated the
rostra. These rams gave the
Rostra (beaks) its name.
The Rostra
was the
speakers
platform
where
politicians
gave
speeches to
the people.
The Roman
audiences
were
notoriously
rowdy. If
they didn’t
like a
speech, they
would yell at
the speaker
and even
throw things
at him.