THE TABULARIAN_ROME – Moniruz Zaman

On the western side of the Roman Forum, was the Tabularian, which was the building where the state archive was housed. In other words, it was the state record office. It was the place where laws, deeds, records, treaties, etc. were kept. It was commissioned by Q. Lutatius Catulus and designed by Cornelius in 78 BC and restored in 46 AD by Claudius. A modern day equivalent to the roman Tabularian would be the various archive buildings we have today such as the Municipal Archives and the New York State Archives.