FORUM

an open space for the transaction of public busine . The Roman f. was a rectangular building, surrounded by basilicas, etc. It was also the name given to a tract of open country in the: neighborhood of the Capitoline hills. Doge of Venice; elected, 1423; supported Florentine campaign against Milan; increased Venetian dominions. His s., Jacopo, accused of receiving bribes and of treason, was imprisoned and exiled.