 The "comitium" was reduced in size twice in consecutive order by Cornelius Sulla and again by Julius Caesar.One of Caesar's many building projects was to remove or replace the Rostra Vetera, level the comitium and dismantle the curia and realign it with the new rostra.An episode that may have contributed to the Liberatores conspiracy against Caesar was on the occasion of the festival of the Lycea, or Lupercalia.