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macellum

macellum [Co].
A Latin term for a market–place for perishable foods, especially meat, consisting of shops around a colonnaded court. The central building was usually either round or octagonal. Some more sophisticated examples have individual architectural features associated with them, for example a porticoed and enclosed rectangular courtyard, with one or two colonnaded pavilions in the central area.

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