. ^Qv^j .Trjrji. T-^tr ---- ^^M^SSteP|g^-r Castle of S. Angelo (Mausoleum ol Hadrian). the Castle of S. Angelo. (3) Sepulcrum Scipi-onum, the burial-place of the Scipios, wassituated, left of the Via Appia, near the PortaCapena. Mostof the tombs of the distinguishedRoman families during the Republican period layon the Via Appia. The tomb of the Scipios wasdiscovered in 1780, about 400 paces within themodern Porta S. Sebastiano. Itcontained manyinteresting monuments and inscriptions, whichwere deposited in the Museo Pio-Clementino. (4

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. ^Qv^j .Trjrji. T-^tr ---- ^^M^SSteP|g^-r Castle of S. Angelo (Mausoleum ol Hadrian). the Castle of S. Angelo. (3) Sepulcrum Scipi-onum, the burial-place of the Scipios, wassituated, left of the Via Appia, near the PortaCapena. Mostof the tombs of the distinguishedRoman families during the Republican period layon the Via Appia. The tomb of the Scipios wasdiscovered in 1780, about 400 paces within themodern Porta S. Sebastiano. Itcontained manyinteresting monuments and inscriptions, whichwere deposited in the Museo Pio-Clementino. (4) Sepulcrum Caeciliae Metellae. [See p. 55G.] (5) Sepulcrum Cestii, situated S. of the Aven-tine, near the Porta Ostiensis, being partlywithin and partly without the walls of monument, which is still extant, is in theform of a pyramid, and was built in the timeof Augustus for a certain C. Cestius.— Columns {Columnae) were fre-quently erected at Rome to commemoratepersons and events. (1) Columna Maeniana,in the Forum, was erected to the honour o

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