Port Tibernius (Mons Aventinus)

Start Your Journey Through the Aventine
You have just disembarked a merchant ship, the Nauta Tiberia Octavia, which has brought goods from Ostia to the Port Tibernius, Rome's premier port, situated between the Palatine, Aventine, and Capitoline hills. From here you will find several primary sites in the Aventine to visit, as well as the homes of some of our Plebeian cives.

You see the news reader in the Forum Boarium, and ask him for directions to some of the interesting places in and near the Aventine. He gives you the following information:


 * Circus Maximus ~ Here you can get information on the racing ractiones, past and future Ludi Circenses, etc.


 * Forum Boarium ~ This originally was the cattle market in Rome. It now is the forum of the Plebs to discuss historical topics and political agendas concerning the Plebs of Nova Roma.


 * Templum Ceres (Mons Aventinus)|Temple of Ceres, Liber et Libera ~ Ceres was a goddess for agriculture, similar to Greek Demeter. When there was a severe famine in Rome the Sibylline Books offered an answer: to build a temple for Ceres nearby Circus Maximus. The temple was sacrated at 19th of April 493 BC. For Ceres biscuits made of spelt and salt were sacrificed in the temple. The temple eventually developed as center for plebeians, and also to a center of plebeian political power with plebeian archives. Visit the Temple to make an offering, read the edictae of the Tribunes, and visit the Tribunes.


 * Aventine Temple of Consus


 * Aventine Temple of Diana


 * Aventine Temple of Juno


 * Aventine Temple of Libertas


 * Aventine Temple of Minerva


 * Aventine Temple of Vortumnus

He informs you that if you wish to visit a certain citizen, you just need to ask around on the following main streets:


 * Clivus Publicius:


 * Via Ostiensis:


 * Vicus Amilustri:


 * Vicus Piscinae Publicae:


 * Vicus Platanonis:


 * Vicus Portae Naevia:


 * Vicus Portae Raudusculanae:


 * Vicus Portæ Trigeminae: