Tabularium
State record office on east slope of the Capitoline Hill
Reconstructed state:
Known historical events
| 78 BC |
Constructed by the consul Q. Lutatius Catulus. Sources: CIL 1.737=6.1314; CIL 1.736=6.1313=31597. |
| 81 AD to 85 AD |
As a result of the building of the Temple of the Divine Vespasian, access from the Forum to the Tabularium was blocked. Sources: A.M. Sommella, LTUR, vol. 5, p. 18. |
| 1143 AD |
Building starts to be used as seat of the Senator of Rome. Sources: A.M. Sommella, LTUR, vol. 5, p. 20. |
| 1299 AD |
Building restored. Sources: TCI Guida d'Italia: Roma, 9th edition (1999) p. 440. |
| 1560 AD to 1605 AD |
Michelangelo redesigns facade of building as part of his planned remodeling of the Piazza Campidoglio; design implemented by Giacomo Della Porta and Girolamo Rainaldi. Sources: TCI Guide d'Italia: Roma, ninth edition (1999) 441. |
| 1578 AD to 1582 AD |
New tower built by Martino Longhi the Elder. Sources: TCI Guide d'Italia: Roma, ninth edition (1999) 441. |
| 1993 AD to 1999 AD |
Identification of building as the Tabularium questioned by several scholars; case in favor re-argued by A.M. Sommella. Sources: A.M. Somella, LTUR, vol. 5 (1999) 19-20. |
subfeature of Forum (Romanum or Magnum)
