Curia Cornelia

E37093

Curia Cornelia was a principal meeting house of the Roman Senate in the Roman Forum during the late Republic.

Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Senate house
ancient Roman building
architecturalStyle Roman Republican architecture
associatedWith Sullan constitutional reforms
category Ancient Roman Senate buildings
Buildings and structures in the Roman Forum
constructionType curia (senate house)
country Roman Republic
era Classical antiquity
function principal meeting place of the Roman Senate
governanceTypeContext oligarchic republic
governingBody Roman Senate
historicalRole venue for debates and votes of Roman senators
languageUsedWithin Latin
locatedIn Roman Forum
Rome
locatedOn Italian Peninsula
material brick
stone
namedAfter Lucius Cornelius Sulla
partOf Roman Forum
surface form: Roman Forum complex
politicalEntityServed Roman Republic
politicalSignificance center of senatorial political life in late Republic
predecessor Curia Hostilia
religiousContext adjacent to religious and civic monuments of the Forum
successor Curia Julia
timePeriod late Roman Republic
usedBy Roman Senate
usedFor meetings of the Roman Senate

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Curia Julia replaced Curia Cornelia
Roman Senate usedBuilding Curia Cornelia