The Curia of Pompey, sometimes referred to as the Curia Pompeia,[1] was one of several named meeting halls from Republican Rome of historic significance.[2] A curia was a designated structure for meetings of the senate.[3] The Curia of Pompey was located at the entrance to the Theater of Pompey.
The Curia was attached to the porticus directly behind the theatre section and was a Roman exedra, with a curved back wall and several levels of seating.[1] In A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome by L. Richardson, Jr., Richardson states that after Caesar's murder, Augustus Caesar removed the large statue of Pompey and had the hall walled up. Richardson cited Suetonius that it was later made into a latrine, as stated by Cassius Dio.[4]
^ abMiddleton, John Henry (1892). The remains of ancient Rome, Volume 2. University of Michigan Library. p. 68.
^Bunson, Matthew (1994). Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire. pp. 159–160. ISBN 0-8160-4562-3.
^Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2. Samuel L. Hall. 1878. p. 551.
^Richardson, L (1992). A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 104. ISBN 978-0-8018-4300-6.
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