The TabulariumBy Tim B.

Location

● Under temple for Jupiter Op. Max.● On slope of Capitoline● In Roman Forum

Tabularium

Origin of the Tabularium

● Built by M. Aemilius Lepidus and Q. Lutatius Catulus around 78 BC

● Restored by Emperor Claudius around 46 AD

What it was used for

● Used as a storage for Roman archives

● Mainly administrative records

The Tabularium Today

Tabularium in the Past

The Tabularium is about here in relevance to the Forum

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Sources

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabularium

History Information: http://www.historyofinformation.com/expanded.php?id=2624

Images

Image 1 and 2: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/romanforum/tabularium.html

Map 1: http://www.google.com/search?q=map+of+the+roman+forum&safe=active&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=u_8tUoyyItDEqQHLh4CYBg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1607&bih=865#q=map+of+the+capitoline+hill&safe=active&tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=nvhsNZznDJdjvM%3A%3B0TR2DJjVJmgYhM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.vroma.org%252Fimages%252Fmcmanus_images%252Fcapitolinehill3.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.faculty.fairfield.edu%252Frosivach%252Fcl116%252Fschedule6.htm%3B700%3B424

Images Cont.

Map 2: http://www.google.com/search?q=map+of+the+roman+forum&safe=active&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=u_8tUoyyItDEqQHLh4CYBg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1607&bih=865#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=O8X5jrg5yeKykM%3A%3BoiZ90QR1_Fwm3M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252F8fb80e.medialib.glogster.com%252Fmedia%252Fb3e897d4d82b73a723ab0b2cfa502eb29770b375b47ee3fed9fcf715738b0b9a%252Froman-forum-map.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.glogster.com%252Fzoeevans2014%252Fportico-of-the-gods%252Fg-6lip4ks33lmh9cvu5sqj8a0%3B1960%3B1157

Drawing 1: http://www.google.com/search?q=map+of+the+roman+forum&safe=active&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=u_8tUoyyItDEqQHLh4CYBg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1607&bih=865#q=ancient+drawings+of+the+tabularium&safe=active&tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=DI7YjWDElgIjxM%3A%3BDftpkMbmR23k4M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.tesoridiroma.net%252Fgalleria%252Fstampe_antiche_roma%252Fforo_romano_stampa01.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.tesoridiroma.net%252Froma_english%252Fforum_romanum.html%3B647%3B481

Drawing 2: http://www.google.com/search?q=map+of+the+roman+forum&safe=active&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=u_8tUoyyItDEqQHLh4CYBg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1607&bih=865#q=ancient+drawings+of+the+tabularium&safe=active&tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=OCoRLGDWHBVUxM%3A%3BMsJm0nQdKiILLM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fartsweb.bham.ac.uk%252FDianaSpencer%252Fcity_rome%252Fpix%252Ftabularium_rec.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fartsweb.bham.ac.uk%252FDianaSpencer%252Fcity_rome%252Frome_booklet_files%252Frome_booklet.htm%3B304%3B248