treasury Copy link Outline 1. aerārium (esp. the national t. of the Roman people)2. fiscus (originally, a bag or wicker-basket for holding money, esp. the money of the state3. thēsaurus (treasure house) • treasury: 1. aerārium (esp. the national t. of the Roman people): to pay into the t., pecuniam in ae. referre, Cic. Agr. 2, 27; also, deferre, Liv. 5, 25: to draw money from the t., pecuniam ex ae. promere, ib.: see also treasurer. 2. fiscus (originally, a bag or wicker-basket for holding money, esp. the money of the state: under the empire the imperial chest went by this name, as distinguished from that of the senate, aerarium: see Long, ad Cic. Verr. Act. 1, 8): the money which the senate has given me from the t. I will keep, and transfer from the t. [national chest] into my own private chest, quos [numos] mihi senatus decrevit, et ex aerario dedit, ego habebo, et in cistam transferam de fisco, Cic. Verr. 3, 85, 197: to denote the imperial t., the pl. fisci was often used, Suet. Aug. 101. [N.B.--At a later period the fiscus is again identical with aerarium.] 3. thēsaurus (treasure house): Liv. 39, 50 (th. publicus, sub terra, saxo quadrato septus).