Tabularium By Marina Henke Location Built on east

Tabularium By Marina Henke

Location • Built on east slope of Capitoline Hill in Forum • Dramatic view of Forum • Dwarfed by bigger buildings http: //www. theromans. co. uk/prayer. htm

http: //upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Plan_Rome_-_Tabularium. png

Origin • Built 78 BC - Q. Lutatius Catulus and M. Aemillius Lepidus (consul) M. Aemillius Lepidus • redevelop Capitoline Hill after fire • Not mentioned much in literature http: //www. ancientpeddler. com/im ages/antonybust. jpg

Importance • Held state archives + offices • Idea of condensing archives was new idea • In Middle Ages fortress built over remains http: //www. historyofinformation. com/ex panded. php? id=2624 – Prison cells + storage

Architecture • Doric columns • Frieze of triglyphs and metopes • 11 arches http: //www. mlahanas. de/Greeks/Arts/Ima ges/Elements. jpg

Tabularium Today http: //www. historyofinformation. com /expanded. php? id=2624 http: //penelope. uchicago. edu/Thayer/E/Gazettee /Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/P ATOP*/Tabularium. html

Tabularium http: //www. romereborn. virginia. edu/g e/CB-024. html http: //dlib. etc. ucla. edu/projects/F orum/reconstructions/Tabularium _1

Bibliography • http: //penelope. uchicago. edu/Thayer/E/Gazettee r/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/ PLATOP*/Tabularium. html • http: //dlib. etc. ucla. edu/projects/Forum/reconstr uctions/Tabularium_1 • http: //www. duhmiseryindex. info/tabularium-the -ancient-roman-archives/ • http: //www. historyofinformation. com/expanded. php? id=2624 • http: //en. museicapitolini. org/sede/campidoglio_ antico/tabularium