The Basilica Opimia was one of four Republican-era basilicas in the Roman Forum. The other two were the Basilica Aemilia, the Basilica Porcia, and the Basilica Sempronia. Of the three, only the Basilica Aemilia partially survives.
It was built in 121 BC near the Temple of Concord and named after Lucius Opimius, who had financed its construction and that of the temple. When the Temple of Concord was enlarged under Tiberius the basilica had to be sacrificed and there is no record of its survival after that date.
The BasilicaOpimia was one of four Republican-era basilicas in the Roman Forum. The other two were the Basilica Aemilia, the Basilica Porcia, and the...
Sempronia, built by the censor Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus in 169 BC BasilicaOpimia, erected probably by the consul Lucius Opimius in 121 BC, at the same...
the Basilica Porcia, Basilica Aemilia, and BasilicaOpimia, and was the third built. Although excavations have revealed remains of the basilica as well...
the Roman Forum, between the Regia, Temple of Castor and Pollux, and the Basilica Aemilia, on the site of Caesar's cremation. Ancient accounts of Caesar's...
of Tiberius (16 AD) Basilica Fulvia (179 BC), replaced by the Basilica Aemilia in 78 BC Basilica Paulli BasilicaOpimiaBasilica Sempronia (170 BC), replaced...
Basilica of Neptune BasilicaOpimiaBasilica Porcia Basilica Sempronia Basilica Ulpia Porta Maggiore BasilicaBasilica di San Clemente Basilica di Santa Maria...
tabernae veteres by censor Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus in 170 BC. BasilicaOpimia Founded in 121 BC on the north corner of the Roman Forum by consul...
trial details are often lacking. Livy states that two Vestals, Floronia and Opimia, were convicted of unchastity in 216. One committed suicide, the other was...
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