Curia Cornelia

Three generations of Roman Curia. The original Curia as built by Hostus Hostilius in green, the Curia Cornelia, built by Lucius Cornelius Sulla in blue and the Curia Hostilia, built by Tullus Hostilius in red.

The Curia Cornelia was a place where the Roman Senate assembled beginning c. 52 BC.[1] It was the largest of all the Curiae (Senate Houses) built in Rome. Its construction took over a great deal of the traditional comitium space and brought the senate building into a commanding location within the Roman Forum as a whole. It was the Senate House of the time of Julius Caesar and is significant because its location was moved by him to diminish the Senate's dominance within the City and Republic.

  1. ^ Bunson, Matthew (November 1995). A Dictionary of the Roman Empire. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 120. ISBN 9780195102338.