The headquarters of the Praefectus Annonae, who was responsible for supplying the population of Rome with food, was situated in the Forum Boarium, near the Temple of Ceres (q. v. I, 261). In the 4th century A.D., a portico was built for the Statio Annonae, separated from the temple by a brick wall; its remains can be seen in the church of S. Maria in Cosmedin. Apparently it was part of this pagan building, and not the nearby Temple of Ceres, which was used as the foundation of the Diaconia in the 6th century. The identification of the building depends on inscriptions, which were found nearby and give the names of praefecti annonae (CIL VI, 1151, 31856).
Statio Annonae, arches and columns in the front part of the Church of S. Maria in Cosmedin
Statio Annonae, columns of the front and of the north aisle of the Church of S. Maria in Cosmedin
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