Curia of Pompey

The Curia of Pompey was one of several named meeting halls from Republican Rome of historic significance. A curia was a designated structure for meetings of the senate. The Curia of Pompey was located at the entrance to the Theater of Pompey. The curia was attached to the porticus directly behind the theatre section and was a Roman exedra, with a curved back wall and several levels of seating. It was where the Senate met on the Ides of March in 44 BC and where the dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated. After Caesar's death, his heir Augustus removed the large statue of Pompey and had the hall walled up.