The diribitorium was a public voting hall situated on the campus Martius in Ancient Rome. In this building, the votes cast by the people were counted by diribitores ( election officials). Construction of the building was started by Marcus Agrippa but finished by Augustus in 7 BC. [1]
"Its roof had the widest span of any building erected in Rome before 230 A.D., and was supported by beams of larch one hundred feet long and one and a half feet thick." [2] According to Cassius Dio, the diribitorium was among a number of public buildings that were destroyed by fire in 80 AD, and subsequently rebuilt by Emperor Titus. [3]
Christian Hülsen proposed a theory that the diribitorium was a second story atop the Saepta. [2]
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The diribitorium was a public voting hall situated on the campus Martius in Ancient Rome. In this building, the votes cast by the people were counted by diribitores ( election officials). Construction of the building was started by Marcus Agrippa but finished by Augustus in 7 BC. [1]
"Its roof had the widest span of any building erected in Rome before 230 A.D., and was supported by beams of larch one hundred feet long and one and a half feet thick." [2] According to Cassius Dio, the diribitorium was among a number of public buildings that were destroyed by fire in 80 AD, and subsequently rebuilt by Emperor Titus. [3]
Christian Hülsen proposed a theory that the diribitorium was a second story atop the Saepta. [2]
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