Basilica AemiliaBy Talbot Holmes

Location

● Roman Forum, Regione VIII

● located on the corners of the Argiletum

and Sacra Via

● stood in between the curia and the

temple of Faustina

Origin

● originally built in 5th century BCE as butcher shops (tabernae lanienae)

● erected in 179 BCE by Marcus Fulvius Nobilior

● after death, completed by Marcus Aemilius Lepidus

● originally named Basilica Fulvia

● renamed after the Aemilian gens

Importance

● used as a place of business

● Roman businessmen held political

meetings and community gatherings

● place of pride for builders

● walls depicted early Roman legends

Pictures (Present)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Basilica_Aemilia_-_Porticus_Gaius_and_Lucius.JPG

http://intranet.arc.miami.edu/rjohn/images/RomeFora/Basilica%20Aemilia.jpg

Pictures (Ancient Times)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Basilica_Aemilia_3D.jpg

http://condor.depaul.edu/sbucking/extra/basilica_aemilia_model.jpg

Bibliography

Lipps, Johannes. "The Basilica Aemilia." Arachne. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2013. <http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/drupal/?q=en/node/220>

BasilicaAemilia." Basilica Aemilia. University of Chicago, n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2013. <http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/romanforum/aemilia.html>

Basilica Aemilia." LacusCurtius • The Basilica Aemilia (Platner & Ashby, 1929). University of Chicago, n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2013. <http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Basilica_Aemilia.html>