Transcript Tabularium of Ancient Rome - School District of Clayton

By: Danny Rothermich
 The Tabularium was the official office for records in
ancient Rome
 A large part of the archives in the Tabularium
pertaining to the nearby temple of Saturn
 Many city officials also lived in it
 The Tabularium was built around 78 BC
 It was ordered into creation by Quintus Lutatius
Catulus , one of the consuls at the time
 The building was created as part of a public works
project to redo the Capitoline hill after the fire of 83
BC
 The Tabularium was located in the Roman forum on
the Capitoline hill on the south-east slope
 It is positioned near the temple of Saturn
 Also above it on the hill was the temple of Jupiter
Optimus Maximus
 Today the Tabularium no longer exists, but instead it is
now the Palazzo Senatorio
 It was built right on top of the Tabularium
 Before that in 46 AD, the Tabularium was restored by
emperor Claudius
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabularium
 http://en.museicapitolini.org/sede/campidoglio_antic
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http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Pla
ces/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*
/Tabularium.html
http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/ge/CB-024.html
http://rometour.org/data/beneath_the_palace_tabularium.jpg
http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/DianaSpencer/city_rome/
pix/tabularium_rec.jpg