Curia+Julia

CURIA JULIA Erin McDonnell  = = The Curia Julia was a Roman Senate House built in the ancient city of Rome around 30 BCE. The original Curia, the Curia Hostilia, was built on the grounds of the present-day church of Santi Luca e Martina. It was reconstructed around 82 BCE then burned down during a civil dispute around 50 BCE. Julius Caesar himself initiated the construction of the now known Curia Julia. Augustus finished and inaugurated this building around 30 BCE. Augustus later added on the Chalcidicum, or portico, to leave his own touch. = = The Curia Julia is made up of brick, marble, and stucco. The building measures 18x27m and 21m in height. The original roof of the building was flat but it has been modernized and is now slanted. Inside the building, the only sources of light are three large windows above the doorway. It consists of one single room that once held up to 300 senators. A statue of Victoria, contributed by Augustus, resides at the base of the podium in the front of the room. Marble paving inside the building was later laid down by Diocletian. = = Besides holding meetings for the Roman Senate, the Curia Julia also became the Church of Sant’Adriano in the seventh century CE. In the early 1900’s the church was deconstructed and the Curia was rebuilt to its original state. The Curia is located in the main square of the Romanum Forum, residing between the Arch of Septimius Severus and the Basilica Aemilia. It is the third meeting hall in the Forum. = = Although the Curia Julia is not always open, you can usually see inside. Many pieces of the original remain but are not kept at the actual Curia. A great bronze door was removed in the seventeenth century and can now be viewed at the Basilica of S. Giovanni in Laterano. = "Article: Curia Iulia." //WELCOME TO THE CVRLAB AT UCLA//. Web. 03 May 2011. []

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