or Fish-Market. Plautus ("Capteivei," Act iv., Scene 2) says "that the
stench of the fish frequently drove the frequenters of the Basilica
Porcia into the Forum Romanum."
The Market was destroyed by fire B.C. 212 (Livy, xxvi. 27), and
rebuilt B.C. 180 (Livy, xl. 51). "Marcus Fulvius contracted for the
rebuilding of the Fish-Market."
_In this district_ was also