It started as a few small houses and grew larger to its current state over 100's of years, just like any modern town.
The second basilica built in ancient Rome was the Basilica Sempronia. It was built in 169 BC. It faced the first one, the Basilica Aemilia, built about 30 years earlier.
The earliest known Bascilica was at Pompeii in 2 nd century bc.
The first basilica built in ancient Rome was in the early 2nd century BC. It was called the Basilica Aemilia.
It was built in 179 B.C.
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A cross.
The Basilica is built over the tomb of the Apostle Peter.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe was built on the site.
Yes! it is built for the memory of the first pope.His tomb lies in the center of the basilica.
Nothing is built on top of Pompeii at present. The site is a protected heritage site and is still being excavated and studied.Nothing is built on top of Pompeii at present. The site is a protected heritage site and is still being excavated and studied.Nothing is built on top of Pompeii at present. The site is a protected heritage site and is still being excavated and studied.Nothing is built on top of Pompeii at present. The site is a protected heritage site and is still being excavated and studied.Nothing is built on top of Pompeii at present. The site is a protected heritage site and is still being excavated and studied.Nothing is built on top of Pompeii at present. The site is a protected heritage site and is still being excavated and studied.Nothing is built on top of Pompeii at present. The site is a protected heritage site and is still being excavated and studied.Nothing is built on top of Pompeii at present. The site is a protected heritage site and is still being excavated and studied.Nothing is built on top of Pompeii at present. The site is a protected heritage site and is still being excavated and studied.
The Roman Emperor Theodosius I began construction of the Basilica of St Paul in 386.
Julius Caesar did not plan to build a huge basilica to the Basilica Sempronia. He demolished the Basilica Sempronia (which was named after Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, who built it in 169 BC). He replaced it with the Basilica Juliua. It was not built by Augustus instead. Caesar undertook the project in 54 BC (ten year before his assassination). He carried out most of the construction work himself and inaugurated in 46 BC. The construction was not complete. What Augustus did, was the completion of the work.