Reconstruction Roman Senate House

Built in the 1840s in the bavarian town of aschaffenburg the pompeiianum called pompejanum in german is an idealized reconstruction of a roman house based on excavations in pompeii.
Reconstruction roman senate house. Rome the curia julia commissioned by julius caesar in the last years of his life and completed by augustus in 29 bc rises in the northwest corner of the roman forum. Rome reborn vr not only offers beautiful reconstructions of these buildings but is further enriched by summaries and discussions of each structure. The ruins of the building can be visited and accessed to through the archaeological area of the roman forum in rome italy. It s a great way to introduce newcomers to this material and to.
Curia julia was a roman senate house built in 44 bc by julius caesar to replace the old curia. The center niche carries a segmental pediment while the others hold triangular marble pediments with a flat head. Along each side wall is a gray marble wainscoting finished with a molding above which were serpentine porphyry and marble panels rhythmically placed with only the interruption of three widely spaced niches or doors to break the continual pattern. It survived the overthrow of the kings in 509 bc the fall of the roman republic in the 1st century bc the division of the roman empire in ad 395.
Now a unique tourist attraction the building is a testimony to the enthusiasm for antiquities. The curia julia in the roman forum was the roman senate house of the ancient rome. This new building the. The forum was also decorated with a large number of statues.
The reconstruction of a part of the roman forum. Tabularium the temple of concord the temple of saturn the basilica julia the new rostra the curia julia the basilica aemilia the temple of castor dioscuri the temple of divus julius arch of august the temple of vesta rome roman forum. Both the senate house and the nymphaeum were severely damaged by a fire around 464. Roman senate house interior.
The roman senate latin. The brick building survived the test of time better than other landmarks in the forum because in 630 ad the monument was converted into a church dedicated to st. These seem to have had rich architectural frames. The roman forum is notoriously difficult to understand and reconstruct and visitors often report feeling overwhelmed and confused by the mass of unlabeled and overlapping remains.
The interior of the curia julia is fairly austere. It is picturesquely located high on a terrace ridge overlooking the river main. The statue that captured the most attention and is most reliably attested was a colossal bronze athena standing outside the senate house.