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Curia Iulia

Timeline

  • 44 BCE: Work on the Curia Iulia begins
  • 43 BCE: Work stopped by the Senate after Julius Caesar’s death
  • 42 BCE: Work restarted
  • 29 BCE: Work finished by Octavian
  • Reign of Domition: Sources report it was restored, perhaps due to the fire of 64 BCE
  • 283 CE: Destroyed by fire
  • 303 CE: Restored by Diocletian

Physical evidence

  • Built in the Comitium to replace the curia Hostilia
  • Foundation discovered during modern digs
  • Rectangular aula of 23.5m x 29m

Literary sources

  • App. 2.5
  • Aug. R. Gest. 19.1
  • Cass. Dio 44.5.2, 45.17.8, 47.19, 51.22 (provides the timeline for the construction)
  • Gell. 14.7.7
  • Hier. chron. a. Abr. 161.2110
  • Plin. nat. 35.27.131