Common designation for the basilica on the north-east corner of the Forum Romanum in Rome; it was first known also as Basilica Fulvia (Varro, Ling. lat. 6, 4) or Basilica Aemilia et Fulvia (Liv. 40, 51, 5), and from 55 BC on it was called Basilica Paulli as well (Plut. Caes. 29). The designation of Basilica Aemilia (BA) is a result of the increased number of building projects by the gens Aemilia (78, 54, 34, 14 BC, also in AD 22).
The differences in scholarly opinion about this building are rooted in the different views on the building activities of L. Aemilius Paullus Lepidus,…