The Tabularium was the public records office of ancient Rome, built on the slope of the Capitoline Hill above the Forum. Its construction is associated with the consul Quintus Lutatius Catulus, who restored the Capitoline temples after a fire. The building held bronze tablets with laws and decrees of the Senate, as well as other state documents. Its massive substructure of volcanic stone has an arcade of open arches facing the Forum, which formed a dramatic backdrop to the heart of Roman public life. The remains were incorporated into the foundations of the medieval and Renaissance Palazzo Senatorio, which is now part of the Capitoline Museums, and visitors can still see the arcade.
Before and after
- from 88 BCE to 63 BCEMithridatic Wars
- from September 87 BCE to March 86 BCESiege of Athens
- 86 BCEDeath of Sima Qian
- 83 BCEBirth of Mark Antony
- 78 BCEOrigins of Tabularium
- from 74 BCE to 72 BCEThe slave revolt of Spartacus
- from 73 BCE to 63 BCEThird Mithridatic War
- from 73 BCE to 71 BCEThird Servile War
- 15 October 70 BCEBirth of Virgil
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