Tomb or cemetery
Meta Romuli
Meta Romuli: tomb or cemetery of the ancient world (Lazio, Italy).
Tomb or cemeteryKind
Hellenistic periodFirst recorded · 330 BC – 30 BC
Roman periodLast recorded · 30 BC – AD 300
RomeNearest town · 4.1 km
On the map
Position: 41.9027, 12.4636
Through the eras
Before 750 BC
Archaic period750 BC – 550 BC
Classical period550 BC – 330 BC
Hellenistic period330 BC – 30 BC✓
Roman period30 BC – AD 300✓
Late AntiquityAD 300 – AD 640
Middle AgesAD 640 – AD 1453
About the site
The so-called "Meta Romuli" was a pyramidal tomb located in the Ager Vaticanus in Rome. It likely dates to the first century BCE or the first century CE. Its extant superstructure was demolished in 1499. Remains of foundations and pavements that have been associated with the tomb were encountered in 1948-1949 during construction work in the first block of the north side of the present-day Via della Conciliazione.
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