The Tabularium, on the right, with the medioeval Senate palace built upon.

The Tabularium was the official records office of ancient Rome, and also housed the offices of many city officials. Situated within the Forum Romanum, it was on the front slope of the Capitoline Hill, below the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, to the southeast of the Arx and Tarpeian Rock. Before it was the Temples of Vespasian & Concord, as well as the Rostra and the rest of the forum. Forum Romanum: columns of the temple of Vespasian; at right the Senate house of medieval and Renaissance Rome is built upon the Tabularium, the archives office of ancient Rome Source antmoose, 29 April 2005 Released through Creative Commons by the photographer File links The following pages link to this file... Forum Romanum: columns of the temple of Vespasian; at right the Senate house of medieval and Renaissance Rome is built upon the Tabularium, the archives office of ancient Rome Source antmoose, 29 April 2005 Released through Creative Commons by the photographer File links The following pages link to this file... Ancient Rome was a civilization that existed in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East between 753 BC and its downfall in AD 476. ... The Roman Forum (Forum Romanum) was a central area of ancient Rome in which commerce, business, trading and the administration of justice took place. ... Piazza del Campidoglio, on the top of Capitoline Hill The Capitoline Hill (Capitolinus Mons), between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the famous and highest of the seven hills of Rome, the site of a temple for the Capitoline Triad: the gods Jupiter, his wife Juno and... Jupiter In Roman mythology, Jupiter (sometimes shortened to Jove) held the same role as Zeus in the Greek pantheon. ... ARX was a Xerox-like operating system developed by Acorn Computers Ltd in the UK and at the Acorn Research Centre (ARC) at Palo Alto for their new ARM RISC processors. ... A steep cliff of the southern summit of the Capitoline Hill, overlooking the Roman Forum, the Tarpeian Rock (rupes Tarpeia) was used during the Roman Republic as an execution site. ... Emperor Vespasian Caesar Vespasianus Augustus (November 18, 9 – June 23, 79), originally known as Titus Flavius Vespasianus and best known as Vespasian, was the emperor of Rome from 69 to 79. ... In Roman mythology, Concordia was the goddess of agreement, understanding, and marital harmony. ... A rostrum (Latin beak) is an anatomical structure resembling a birds beak, such as part of the carapace of a crustacean. ...

It was constructed originally around 78 BC, possibly by order of Sulla or maybe even Pompey the Great. It was later restored and renovated during the reign of Emperor Claudius, about 46. Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC - 70s BC - 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC Years: 83 BC 82 BC 81 BC 80 BC 79 BC - 78 BC - 77 BC 76 BC 75... Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (Latin: L·CORNELIVS·L·F·P·N·SVLLA·FELIX) ¹ (ca. ... This article refers to the Roman General. ... A statue of Emperor Claudius Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Drusus (August 1, 10 BC - October 13, 54), originally known as Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, was the fourth Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24th 41 to his death in 54. ... For alternate uses, see Number 46. ...

The building itself had a facade of peperino(tufa)and travertine blocks. The interior vaults are of concrete. The back facade, which faces into the Forum towards the ruins of Temple of Julius Caesar, consisted of three storeys, the upper two were probably stuccoed. The first was largely blank with small doors and windows; the second features a partially preserved Doric arade; the third (no longer extant)had a high Corinthian colonnade. Bust of Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (Classical Latin: IMP·C·IVLIVS·CAESAR·DIVVS¹) (b. ...

"Tabularium" being the general term for any building containing records, there were a number of other tabularia scattered around the city.