Basilica Aemilia

Naturalis Historia

C. Plinius Caecilius

Post eum M. Aemilius collega in consulatu Quinti Lutatii non in basilica modo Aemilia, verum et domi suae [clupeos] posuit, id quoque Martio exemplo.

After him Marcus Aemilius, Quintus Lutatius's colleague in the consulship, set up portrait-shields not only in the Basilica Aemilia but also in his own home, and in doing this he was following a truly warlike example.

Reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of the Loeb Classical Library from C. Plinius Caecilius: Natural History (Volume IX. Books 33-35), Loeb Classical Library Vol. 394, translated by H. Rackham, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, © 1952, 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)

Epistulae ad Atticum, Att.4.16.8
M. Tullius Cicero (Cicero)

Gallieni Duo, 19.4
Scriptores Historiae Augustae

Historiae Romanae, 54.24
Cassius Dio

Historiae Romanae, 56.27.5
Cassius Dio

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

Naturalis Historia, 7.215
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