Regia

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Regia was an important ancient building in the Roman Forum that served as the traditional residence and administrative center of Rome’s early kings and later the pontifex maximus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman building
archaeological site
religious building
architecturalType courtyard building
associatedWithDeity Venus
surface form: Mars

Ops Consiva
associatedWithInstitution Roman priesthoods
surface form: Roman priesthood of the pontifices

Roman state religion
associatedWithOffice pontifex maximus
contains archives of the pontifices
religious records of Rome
sacrarium of Mars
sacrarium of Ops Consiva
coordinateSystem WGS84
surface form: World Geodetic System 1984
country Italy
culturalPeriod Roman Empire
Roman Kingdom
Roman Republic
currentCondition ruin
dedicatedTo Venus
surface form: Mars
etymology Latin word meaning "royal house" or "king’s house"
excavated 19th century
20th century
hasPart central courtyard
offices of the pontifex maximus
rooms around a courtyard
sanctuaries
heritageStatus archaeological monument
languageOfName Latin
laterFunction administrative center of the pontifex maximus
official residence of the pontifex maximus
locatedIn Italy
Roman Forum
Rome
material brick
stone
tufa
partOf Forum Romanum
religiousFunction center of pontifical administration
site for important Roman religious rituals
significance key center of Roman state religion
symbol of royal and priestly authority in Rome
traditionalFunction administrative center of early Roman kings
residence of the early kings of Rome
usedBy Roman Kingdom
surface form: Roman kings

college of pontiffs
surface form: college of pontifices

pontifex maximus

Referenced by (8)

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

Forum Magnum contains Regia
Forum Romanum contains Regia
subject surface form: Regio VIII Forum Romanum
Roman Forum contains Regia
Via Sacra passes Regia