Fornix Fabianus

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Timeline

  • 121 BCE: Monument constructed
  • 57 BCE: Monument reconstructed

Physical evidence

  • East edge of the Forum, where the Velian Hill starts to slope down, near the temple of Vesta
  • It is unclear how far north or south the arch was positioned
  • At some point there were likely imagines of the men whose elogia were on the arch
  • Made of travertine with Doric decoration

Literary sources

  • Cic. de orat. 2.267; Planc. 17; Verr. 1.19
  • Sen. dial. 2.1.3