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The Villa of the Papyri’s arrangement of the library as a small room next
to the central courtyard of the house was, by the time it was destroyed,
a rather old-fashioned design for a library. From imperial times onwards,
Roman libraries consisted of two parts, one for Greek and one for Latin
books. It was Julius Caesar who had come up with this form when he
made plans for the first public library for the city of Rome. Placed on
hold by his death, his ideas were eventually put in hand by a supporter,
Asinius Pollio, some time before 27 bce. Augustus built two public libraries,
one in 28 bce as part of the new Temple of Apollo on the Palatine
Hill, and the second, some time later, built, like Pollio’s, within easy
walking distance of the Forum. Tiberius (reigned 14–37 ce) and Vespasian
(69–79 ce) also added libraries, but the grandest in conception was that
of Trajan (98–117 ce). As part of his re-planning of the forum, along with
new Courts of Justice, a six-storey shopping centre and market, Trajan
built his library. The Forum itself works as a grand processional route
towards the main aula, or hall, where legal cases were argued and public
embassies greeted.