Conflict of Orders

LEX DE CONSTRUENDO EMPORIUM ROMANUM (Law for the Construction of the Roman Emporium)
Sponsor: Marcus Silvius Pastor

CONCERNING the mercantile infrastructure of Rome, a number of Roman citizens have aired grievances that the current mercantile infrastructure is insufficient to meet the steady growth of commercial trade being conducted in Rome;

WHEREBY a survey of the lands surrounding the Forum Boarium have deemed it virtually impossible to expand the mercantile facilities;

WHEREBY Roman surveyors have identified an ideal plot of land, southwest of the Aventine Hill and alongside the banks of the Tiber;

WHEREBY these surveyors have calculated the estimated cost of construction for an Emporium at the above location;

WHEREBY the Aediles and Quaestors of Rome have voiced their approval to the proposition set forth below and have attached their signatures of endorsement;

THEREBY the Senate, on behalf of the People of Rome, deems it necessary to begin construction on the Emporium following the conditions below:

I. The construction of an Emporium along the banks of the Tiber is hereby authorized;

II. The funding for its construction will be obtained by public subscription. Those who wish to donate will do so at the Temple of Saturn, expressing their desire to donate to the project, under the oversight of an Aedile;

III. The construction will begin as soon as the prerequisite amount, 220,000 Denarii, is gathered;

IV. Senator Marcus Silvius Pastor, having conducted the research and drawn the infrastructural plans, will oversee the construction process or delegate that role and/or certain tasks or responsibilities related to the construction project accordingly;

Written into the annals in the consular year 194BC of Gaius Cassius Vecellinus and Titus Furius Pavo.