Editing Curia (section)

====''Curia Hostilia''====
{{Main|Curia Hostilia}}
After the original temple was destroyed by fire, it was replaced by a new meeting house by [[Tullus Hostilius]], the third [[King of Rome]] (traditionally reigned 673–642 BC). The ''Curia Hostilia'' stood on the north end of the [[Comitium]], where the ''comitia curiata'' and other Roman assemblies met, and was oriented along the four [[cardinal direction|cardinal points]]. After more than 500 years of service, the building was restored and enlarged by the [[Roman dictator|dictator]] [[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]] in 80 BC. Sulla had doubled the senate's membership from 300 to 600, necessitating a larger building, which retained the original orientation of the ''Curia Hostilia'', but extended further south into the comitium. In 52 BC, following the murder of [[Publius Clodius Pulcher]], his ''clientes'' set fire to the senate house, which was rebuilt by [[Faustus Cornelius Sulla (quaestor 54 BC)|Faustus Cornelius Sulla]], son of the dictator. Following this reconstruction, the building came to be called the ''[[Curia Cornelia]].''<ref name="OCD2"/>