Basilica Opimia

a Pleiades place resource

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A civil basilica built in the Forum Romanum ca. 121 BCE by Lucius Opimius. This basilica was likely razed in 7 BCE.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/913111964

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.891643636, 12.4869077538

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- basilica Opimia (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Basilica Opimia makes connections with:

Basilica Opimia part of (analytical) Forum Romanum (unspecified date range)
Basilica Opimia located at Roma (unspecified date range)

Basilica Opimia receives connections from:

None

Place type:
basilica

References:

Evidence:

Varro LL (Goetz; PHI) 5.156.2

See Further:

Related:

Wikidata Basilica Opimia (Q2886977)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Basilica Opimia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/913111964> [accessed: 14 May 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/913111964 |title=Places: 913111964 (Basilica Opimia) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=May 14, 2026 3:10 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}