institution
Aerarium
the treasury
also: the treasury, aerarium
The public treasury of the Roman state, housed in the temple of Saturn; Pliny contrasts its plunder by informers under Domitian with its peace and lawfulness under Trajan.
Reading notes
- The Letters §2.11.19 treasury
The aerarium, the public treasury of Rome, into which Priscus's bribes were ordered repaid.
- Panegyric to Trajan §36 the treasury
The aerarium, the public treasury of the Roman state in the temple of Saturn; under Domitian it had been gorged with property confiscated through informers' prosecutions.