The covered passage and the church form one building (porticus muro etiam templi continetur), entered by two high gates, and comprising four parts, or divided into four parts.
It appears to have originated in social gatherings assembled by Beccadelli, and to have held its meetings in a building called after its founder the Porticus Antonianus.
Hence its name of porticus pontificum (the aisle of the pontiffs).
Porticus Curba denotes the Portico of the Secretarium of the Senate, on the site of the present Church of Sta.
We are therefore gratified by receiving your supplication for leave to erect workshops[347] above the Porticus Curba, which being situated near the Domus Palmata, shuts in the Forum in comely fashion "in modum areae.
Sidenote: Workshops may be erected above thePorticus Curba, by the Roman Forum.
It was a square and fairly spacious court, surrounded by a porticus like a cloister.
We had not been there ten days, in fact, when he made me conduct him to the Porticus Margaritaria, on the Via Sacra, near the great Forum, which was and is the focus of pearl dealers and gem dealers in general in Rome.
Jordan has also shown that the Porticus Liviae was near this spot, but he places it farther to the north-east, behind the Basilica of Constantino.
There is ample proof that we have in the ruins just described, the entrance gateway of the Porticus Octaviae and the corner of the temple of Juno Regina.
Pliny also mentions two statues of Apollo near the Porticus Octaviae, which probably stood in the Temple of Apollo, known to have been situated outside the Porta Carmentalis between the Forum Olitorium and the Circus Flaminius.
The site upon which the former was built had been previously occupied by the Porticus Metelli, built by Q.
But there seems to be nothing left which can identify this ruin with the Porticus Catuli.
The most probable supposition is that they belonged to the Porticus Julia mentioned by Dion Cassius, and were parts of an earlier edifice, in front of which and upon which the basilica was placed by Augustus.
In the time of the Flavii the scena was restored, having perhaps suffered from the fire which burnt the Porticus Octaviae, and it seems to have again required repairs in the time of Alexander Severus, who is said to have wished to restore it.
One of the best-known examples is the crypto-porticus under the palaces of the Caesars in Rome.
According to ancient authorities, the Puteal Libonis was between the temples of Castor and Vesta, near the Porticus Julia and the Arcus Fabiorum, but no remains have been discovered.
Porticus Octaviae, a magnificent structure, the lower part of which served as a promenade, while the upper part contained the library.
The Portico of Octavia built by Augustus, occupied the site of an earlier portico--the Porticus Metelli--built by A.
Scaurus, and throwing down the Porticus Catuli, included its site, and the house of E.
Marcius Philippus, stepfather of Augustus, and surrounded by a portico called after him Porticus Philippi.
For a moment Pierre paused under the porticus of the Madeleine, on the summit of the great flight of steps which, rising above the railings, dominates the Place.
This was now to come down, and so leave Cicero his area, and, I presume, the old porticus Catuli was to be restored.
The porticus Catuli had been, at any rate, partly demolished by Clodius to make way for his larger scheme of building, which was to take in part of Cicero's "site.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "porticus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
