Fasti Triumphales
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History
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The *Fasti Triumphales* were probably engraved in 18 BC, in order to adorn the [Arch of Augustus](/wiki/Arch_of_Augustus%2C_Rome "Arch of Augustus, Rome"), which had recently been constructed in the forum. They were contemporary with the *Fasti Capitolini*, or Capitoline Fasti, a list of the chief magistrates at Rome from at least the beginning of the [Republic](/wiki/Roman_Republic "Roman Republic") down to the same period as the *Triumphales*. Alternately, they may have been built into the wall of the [Regia](/wiki/Regia "Regia"), an ancient building that was reconstructed in 36 BC, which was the official residence of the [Pontifex Maximus](/wiki/Pontifex_Maximus "Pontifex Maximus"), and the site where the *Annales Maximi*, official records of Roman history from at least the fifth century BC down to the second, were stored. The *Fasti Capitolini* were most likely on the west and south sides of the Regia, and the *Triumphales* may have occupied part of the south wall.Sandys, *Latin Epigraphy*, pp. 167–172\.

Both lists were discovered by the scholars [Onofrio Panvinio](/wiki/Onofrio_Panvinio "Onofrio Panvinio") and [Pirro Ligorio](/wiki/Pirro_Ligorio "Pirro Ligorio"), as they observed the demolition of ancient structures in the forum by a local company of quarrymen working to obtain building material for St. Peter's Basilica. Some of the stone would be reused in the structure, while other portions would be used to make cement. Recognizing the value of the inscriptions, the two ordered the sinking of new trenches, in hopes of recovering additional fragments. In all, they rescued thirty pieces of the *Fasti Capitolini*, and twenty\-six of the *Triumphales*, which they brought to the Palazzo dei Conservatori on the instructions of [Cardinal](/wiki/Cardinal_%28Catholic_Church%29 "Cardinal (Catholic Church)") [Alessandro Farnese](/wiki/Alessandro_Farnese_%28cardinal%29 "Alessandro Farnese (cardinal)"). The lists were then reconstructed by Ligorio and [Michelangelo](/wiki/Michelangelo "Michelangelo").

With additional excavations, the number of fragments of the *Triumphales* has grown to thirty\-eight. The known portions of the fasti were published in the first volume of the *[Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum](/wiki/Corpus_Inscriptionum_Latinarum "Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum")* in 1863, and together with the *Capitolini*, they form part of the collection of the [Capitoline Museums](/wiki/Capitoline_Museums "Capitoline Museums"), where they are displayed in the *Sala dei Fasti*, the Salon of the Fasti.*CIL*, I. p. 341\.; 1893, 80; 1904, 113, 196; 1930, 60; 1940, 61\.


Where were the Fasti Triumphales likely displayed or stored?