Housed the most important central institutions to Rome. Political centre, Legal centre, Administrative centre, Economic centre, Religious Centre, Centre of Roman culture (2.2A, 2.5, Unit 4 intro, 4.3 Activity) - LINK TO ADMINISTRATION/ECONOMY
Cities controlled and administered the territory around them (4.1)
Local elites used cities to control and rule their territory. Maintaining and spreading cultural and material cohesion across the empire. (4.2)
Buildings for public events, legal hearings (4.2)