The origin of the podium

Rostra originally referred to a platform in ancient Rome, where officials, politicians, advocates and other speakers gave speeches to the gathered Roman people and conducted criminal trials. The original lecture platform was transformed from a fortune teller into a Plum, and an outdoor meeting place (Comitium) was built near the Roman Square as early as the 4th century BC. After reconstruction and relocation, this speech has been expanded several times. The last change happened when Caesar rearranged the position of the Senate and built a new platform to replace it. His successor, Augustus, completed the career started by Caesar, and finally it was called Vitera of Rostra, to distinguish it from several expansions of the Roman Empire.