 On January 2, 52 BC, Clodius died at the hands of the opponents near Bovillae, setting off a riot as his followers carried the body to the Comitium and cremated it on a funeral pyre improvised with the senatorial seating from the Curia Hostilia.The fire consumed the Curia, destroying it as well as damaging the Basilica Porcia.Faustus Sulla, son of the dictator Sulla was commissioned by the senate to rebuild the Curia.