Speakers would stand on the rostra and face the north side of the comitium towards the senate house and deliver orations to those assembled in between.
The "rostrata" mural crown, composed of the "rostra" indicative of captured ships, was assigned as naval prize to the first in a boarding party, similar to the naval crown.
The internal skeleton was composed of the "guard" or "rostrum" (plural: "rostra"), a heavy solid structure at the posterior of the animals.
In true belemnites, the large dense rostra acted as a counterbalance, keeping the animal horizontally oriented when swimming.
Their skulls are elongated, with pear-shaped braincases and narrow rostra.
A sundial had been placed on the rostra for a period that was eventually replaced with newer devices.
It has no claws, two spiny rostra over the eyes, and two pairs of large antennae, like all spiny lobsters.
He made at least one of these epic speeches from the rostra.
