Basilica Porcia

E792002

ancient Roman basilica law court public building

Basilica Porcia was the first permanent law court and public basilica built in ancient Rome, commissioned by Cato the Elder in the 2nd century BCE.

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Label	Occurrences
Basilica Porcia canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Roman basilica ⓘ law court ⓘ public building ⓘ
adjacentTo	Comitium NERFINISHED ⓘ Curia Hostilia NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Roman basilica ⓘ
builder	Cato the Elder as censor NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtOn	land purchased by Cato the Elder ⓘ
causeOfDestruction	fire ⓘ
centuryOfConstruction	2nd century BCE ⓘ
commissionedBy	Cato the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcus Porcius Cato NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionType	public works project ⓘ
country	Roman Republic ⓘ
destroyedDuring	riots following the death of Publius Clodius Pulcher ⓘ
destroyedIn	52 BCE ⓘ
function	commercial activities venue ⓘ law court ⓘ public meeting place ⓘ
hasNo	extant remains ⓘ
heritage	first permanent basilica in Rome ⓘ first permanent law court in ancient Rome ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Middle Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	184 BCE ⓘ
influenced	later Roman basilicas ⓘ
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
LatinName	Basilica Porcia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Roman Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ Rome ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ wood ⓘ
mentionedBy	Cicero NERFINISHED ⓘ Livy NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	gens Porcia NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedBy	ancient Roman authors ⓘ
namedFor	Porcius family NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHeldByBuilder	censor of Rome ⓘ
partOf	Forum Romanum NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	temporary law courts in the open air ⓘ
significance	innovation in Roman civic architecture ⓘ
status	destroyed ⓘ
urbanContext	central civic space of Rome ⓘ
usedFor	business transactions ⓘ judicial proceedings ⓘ political gatherings ⓘ

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Basilica Porcia (earlier Republican period) → LatinName → Basilica Porcia ⓘ

subject surface form: Basilica Porcia