Basilica Aemilia

Epistulae ad Atticum

M. Tullius Cicero

Paulus in medio foro basilicam iam paene refecit isdem antiquis columnis, illam autem, quam locavit, facit magnificentissimam.

Paulus has almost reached the roof of his colonnade in the Forum. He has used the same old columns, but has executed most magnificently the part he put out on contract.

Reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of the Loeb Classical Library from M. Tullius Cicero: Volume XXII. Letters to Atticus, Volume 1, Loeb Classical Library Vol. 7, translated by E.O. Winstedt, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, © 1912, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. The Loeb Classical Library ® is a registered trademark of the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Texts

Ab Urbe Condita, 40.51.5
T. Livius (Livy)

Ab Urbe Condita, 35.23.7
T. Livius (Livy)

Annales, 3.72
Cornelius Tacitus (Tacitus)

Basilica Paulli
Richardson, L. jr

Bellum Civile, 2.26
Appianus

Caesar, 29
Plutarchus (Plutarch)

Curculio, 472
T. Maccius Plautus

De Die Natali Liber, 23.7
Censorinus

De Lingua Latina, 6.4
M. Terentius Varro (Varro)

De Verborum Significatu, 258L
Sextus Pompeius Festus (Festus)

De Vita Caesarum, 29.4
C. Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)

Gallieni Duo, 19.4
Scriptores Historiae Augustae

Historiae Romanae, 56.27.5
Cassius Dio

Historiae Romanae, 54.24
Cassius Dio

Naturalis Historia, 7.215
C. Plinius Caecilius (Pliny the Elder)

Naturalis Historia, 36.102
C. Plinius Caecilius (Pliny the Elder)

Naturalis Historia, 35.13
C. Plinius Caecilius (Pliny the Elder)

Images

Detail of Frieze Element
Detail of Frieze Element
Detail of Frieze Element
Details of Cornice
Elevation Drawing
Inscription
Remains of the Upper Orders of the Basilica
Roofing Solution
Triglyph Detail
View from the East
View of Tabernae