Basilica Porcia

church · 30 BC – 300 AD · location approximate

The Basilica Porcia is considered the first named civil basilica in Rome. The elder Cato is responsible for its construction in 184 BCE. It seems to have been a small structure that took the place of several earlier private atria located between the Clivus Argentarius and the Curia Hostilia. The Basilica Porcia was destroyed by fire in 52 BCE.