Location on Forum Plan
Via Sacra
Lapis Niger
Curia (Senate House)
Basilica Aemilia
Templum Antonini et Faustinae
Basilica Constantini
Templum Veneris et Romae
Arcus Titi
Regia
Atrium Vestae
Templum Vestae
Templum Juli
Templum Castoris
Basilica Julia
Templum Saturni
Tabularium
Templum Divi Vespasiani
Templum Concordiae
Lacus Curtius
Rostra
Miliarium Aureum
Arcus Septimii Serveri
Carcer (Prison) |
 Tabularium
The Tabularium occupied the space between the temple of
Jupiter on one side of the Capitoline Hill and the steps which led up past
the Carcer to the Arx on the other. Though it is not mentioned in literature,
we know from an inscription found in the building that it was erected by
Quintus Lutatius Catulus in 78 B.C. As no changes were made during the Empire,
it is best preserved and, therefore, to some, the most interesting of the
buildings of the Republic. The tower which we see in pictures was added
in 1300.
The building was used as a place to store the state archives,
such as deeds, laws, treaties, and decrees of the Senate. This would be
where one would have seen the senatus consultum or the text of the Manilian
Law. |
