Editing Tabularium (section)

{{Short description|Official records office of ancient Rome}}
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|builder=[[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 78 BC)|M. Aemilius Lepidus]] and [[Quintus Lutatius Catulus Capitolinus|Q. Lutatius Catulus]]
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[[File:09780 - Rome - Roman Forum (3505061312).jpg|thumb|The Tabularium, behind the corner columns of the Temple of Vespasian and Titus]]
The '''Tabularium''' was the official [[archive|records office]] of [[ancient Rome]] and housed the offices of many city officials. Situated within the [[Roman Forum]],{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=341}} it was on the front slope of the [[Capitoline Hill]], below the [[Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus]], to the southeast of the ''[[Arx (Roman)|Arx]]''.

Within the building were the remains of the [[Temple of Veiovis]]. In front of it were the Temples of [[Temple of Vespasian and Titus|Vespasian]] and [[Temple of Concord|Concord]], as well as the [[Rostra]] and the rest of the forum. Presently the Tabularium is only accessible from within the [[Capitoline Museums]], although it still provides a panoramic view over the forum.

The construction of the Tabularium was ordered around 78 BC by the [[Roman dictator|dictator]] [[Sulla|Lucius Cornelius Sulla]].<ref>{{cite book |editor-first1=Olivier |editor-last1=Hekster |editor-first2=Richard |editor-last2=Fowler |title=Imaginary Kings: royal images in the Ancient Near East, Greece and Rome |date=2005 |publisher=Steiner |location=Stuttgart |isbn=3515087656}}</ref> The building was completed by [[Quintus Lutatius Catulus Capitolinus]], consul in 78 BC. This was part of a public works programme for the redevelopment of the Capitoline Hill, which had been damaged by a fire in 83 BC.<ref>[http://www.museicapitolini.org/en/sede/campidoglio_antico/tabularium Musei Capitoloni, Rome]</ref> The construction by Catulus is not mentioned in the ancient literature. It is known through an inscription (CIL 1).<ref>Oxford Classical dictionary, 2012</ref>