Porticus Octaviae
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
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extant remains
A porticus in the area of the Circus Flaminius, the Porticus Octaviae was dedicated by Augustus sometime after 27 B.C. in honor of his sister, Octavia Minor. The porticus replaced the Porticus Metelli. It was restored twice after major urban fires in A.D. 80 and 203.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/236573248
41.892521971, 12.4785716476
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Porticus Octaviae (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Octaviae porticus (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Porticus Octaviae part of (analytical) Circus Flaminius (30 BC - AD 300)
- Porticus Octaviae located at Roma (30 BC - AD 1453)
- Aedes Hercules Musarum located northwest of Porticus Octaviae (unspecified date range)
- Porticus Philippi abuts Porticus Octaviae (unspecified date range)
architectural complex
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Jeffrey Becker, Anika Campbell, R. Scott Smith, Brady Kiesling, and Greta Hawes, 'Porticus Octaviae: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/236573248> [accessed: 09 October 2026]
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