Aerarium
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Aerarium, from aes + -ārium, was the name given in Ancient Rome to the public treasury, and in a secondary sense to the public finances.
The Aerarium Saturni (top) and its ruins (bottom); drawing by Jan Goeree, before 1704
Denarius minted by Gnaeus Nerius, who was urban quaestor in 49 BC. The obverse depicts Saturn, in whose temple the aerarium and the standards of the legions were kept. The reverse shows an aquila between two standards, inscribed H for Hastati and P for Principes, and the names of the consuls.
Temple of Saturn
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The Temple of Saturn was an ancient Roman temple to the god Saturn, in what is now Rome, Italy. Its ruins stand at the foot of the Capitoline Hill at the western end of the Roman Forum. The original d
Aerarium
…treasury, and in a secondary sense to the public finances. The main aerarium, that of the Roman people, was the aerarium Saturni located below the Temple of Saturn at the foot of the Capitoline hill. The Roman state stored here financial and non-financial state documents – including Roman laws and senatus consulta…
The temple of Saturn in the Forum Romanum