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Basilica Aemilia. By 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)
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Basilica Aemilia By 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>