What was the name of the building where Julius Caesar was assassinated?

Julius Caesar was assassinated in the Curia of Pompey, a Senate meeting hall attached to Pompey’s Theatre in Rome. The murder took place on the Ides of March, 15 March 44 BC.

The curia was one part of a vast complex built by the general and statesman Pompey the Great. Although Caesar had defeated Pompey in the civil war, the building remained a practical venue for Senate meetings. On the day of the assassination, Caesar attended a session there while gladiatorial games were taking place elsewhere in the theatre complex.

The conspirators attacked Caesar at the foot of a statue of Pompey. The setting carried powerful symbolism: Caesar was killed in a building associated with his former rival, while senators claimed they were defending the Roman Republic from dictatorship.

After Caesar’s death, his heir Augustus removed Pompey’s statue and eventually had the curia walled up. The surviving remains lie within the archaeological area of Largo di Torre Argentina, where visitors can see the approximate site today.