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Ma Mu

Macellum

macellum-01

Timeline

  • Between First and Second Punic Wars: Macellum was built(?)
  • c. 216 BCE: The Macellum must have existed by this date, if Val. Max. 3.4.4 is true
  • 210 BCE: The Macellum burns in a fire
  • 209 BCE: The Macellum is rebuilt
  • 179 BCE: A new sector of the Macellum is built next to the Basilica Fulvia

Physical evidence

  • Seems to have been a rectangular plaza with porticos and open tabernae
  • Northeast edge of the forum
  • Likely divided into parts based on the products sold by the start of the 2nd century BCE
  • Based on digs, it may have been paved
  • Seems to have been about 100m wide

Literary sources

  • Cass. Dio 62.19.1
  • Liv. 40.51.4-6
  • Ter. fun. 255-258, Ad. 573
  • Val. Max. 3.4.4
  • Var. ling. 5.147, 152 (for position)