The Curia Julia (Latin: Curia Iulia, Italian: Curia Iulia) is the third named curia, or senate house, in the ancient city of Rome. It was built in 44 BC, when Julius Caesar replaced Faustus Cornelius Sulla's reconstructed Curia Cornelia, which itself had replaced the Curia Hostilia. Caesar did so to redesign both spaces within the Comitium and the Roman Forum. The alterations within the Comitium reduced the prominence of the Senate and cleared the original space. The work, however, was interrupted by Caesar's assassination at the Curia of Pompey of the Theatre of Pompey, where the Senate had been meeting temporarily while the work was completed. The project was eventually finished by Caesar's successor, Augustus Caesar, in 29 BC.[1]
The Curia Julia is one of a handful of Roman structures that survive mostly intact. This is due to its conversion into the basilica of Sant'Adriano al Foro in the 7th century and several later restorations. However, the roof, the upper elevations of the side walls and the rear façade are modern and date from the remodeling of the deconsecrated church, in the 1930s.
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was replaced with the Curia Cornelia, located in almost the same space. This structure was in turn replaced by the CuriaJulia started by Julius Caesar...
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replaced the Curia Cornelia with the CuriaJulia, which still stands, in 44 BC. Ancient Rome portal Cicero Curia Hostilia CuriaJuliaCuria of Pompey Graecostasis...
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flourish. In 630, any remnants of the senate were swept away when the CuriaJulia was converted into a church (Sant'Adriano al Foro) by Pope Honorius I...
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of the Roman Senate – the still-existing CuriaJulia and its predecessor, the Curia Hostilia. The CuriaJulia is associated with the Comitium by both Livy...
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pontifex maximus, and removing the Altar of Victory from the Roman Senate's CuriaJulia. The city of Cularo on the Isère river in Roman Gaul was renamed Gratianopolis...
to pass portions of his programme through the Senate, Caesar found the curia obstinate. He thus unveiled his alliance with Pompey and Crassus and moved...
marble paving at the surface. Located in the Comitium in front of the CuriaJulia, this structure survived for centuries due to a combination of reverential...
during his campaigns. On the opposite end of the garden complex was the Curia of Pompey for political meetings. The senate would often use this building...
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being stripped of rank and authority, and of the right to enter the CuriaJulia. Byzantine Greek art and portraiture show the highest functionaries of...
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Divi Augusti. The shield, the Res Gestae says, was hung outside the CuriaJulia, serving as a symbol of the princeps "valour, clemency, justice and piety"...
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