Senate House Roman Forum

The large somewhat anonymous looking brick building facing the piazza is the curia julia seat of the senate.
Senate house roman forum. Ridges connecting the capitoline hill with the quirinal and the palatine with the esquiline enclosed the forum romanum. 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 curia julia latin. The curia which stands today was begun.
Inside are also a red porphyry statue found near. In the mid 6th century b c the legendary king tullus hostilius is said to have built the first curia in order to house 10 elected representatives of the roman people. The senators met here for centuries in a simple building furnished only with wooden benches and a desk and chair for a speaker. The curia hostilia was destroyed by a group of romans protesting the murder of their hero clodius.
The building was amazingly silent and contemplative. Between 1431 62 the huge travertine wall between the senate house and the forum of caesar adjoining the forum romanum was demolished by grant of eugenius iv followed by the demolition of the templum sacrae urbis 1461 2 the temple of venus and rome 1450 and the house of the vestals 1499 all by papal license. It is believed that before romans built their city the forum vicinity was a burial area 8 7th c. You could really appreciate the sheer size of it as well as the beautiful marble floors.
During the roman republic roman senators met together in their senate house which was known as the curia a building whose history predates the republic. The ruins of the building can be visited and accessed to through the archaeological area of the roman forum in rome italy. The first roman senate house was built by tullus hostilius at the northwest corner of the forum square with the compass. The curia julia in the roman forum was the roman senate house of the ancient rome.
One of the stops was inside the curia the senate house of the ancient romans. Tradition and archaeological evidence support dating the building of certain structures the regia temple of vesta shrine to janus senate house and prison to. Roman forum most important forum in ancient rome situated on low ground between the palatine and capitoline hills. In late october 2013 we were lucky enough to see the roman forum at night.
A little beyond the basilica emilia you ll find yourself in an open space. The roman forum was the scene of public meetings law courts and gladiatorial combats in republican times and was lined with shops and open air markets. Roman forum forum romanum.