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Basilica Porcia

a Pleiades place resource

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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.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/547224816

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.891643636, 12.4869077538

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Geographic Names:
- Basilica Porcia (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Πορκία βασιλικὴ (Porkía basilikè: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

Basilica Porcia makes connections with:

Basilica Porcia part of (analytical) Forum Romanum (200 BC - 101 BC)
Basilica Porcia located at Roma (unspecified date range)

Basilica Porcia receives connections from:

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Place type:
basilica

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Wikidata Basilica Porcia (Q810068)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Basilica Porcia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/547224816> [accessed: 12 May 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/547224816 |title=Places: 547224816 (Basilica Porcia) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=May 12, 2026 3:37 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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