Columbarium of Livia's freed slaves reconstruction after Canina. On the Appian Way, two miles from Rome. This building was discovered in 1726, but has now almost disappeared. Careful measurements and plans were taken at the time, so that the reconstruction may be regarded as accurate,. The ground plan i s a parallelogram, 36 Roman feet long and 21 wide. In the longer sides are three bays, the center one semi-circular, those on each side rectangular. In the shorter sides there is a single bay in the center. Eight rows of niches for cinerary urns run round the walls. Further niches are placed i
Columbarium of Livia's freed slaves reconstruction after Canina. On the Appian Way, two miles from Rome. This building was discovered in 1726, but has now almost disappeared. Careful measurements and plans were taken at the time, so that the reconstruction may be regarded as accurate,. The ground plan i s a parallelogram, 36 Roman feet long and 21 wide. In the longer sides are three bays, the center one semi-circular, those on each side rectangular. In the shorter sides there is a single bay in the center. Eight rows of niches for cinerarey urns run round the walls. Further niches are placed in a smaller chamber on a higher level, so that in all there is room for at least 3,000 burials. Besides the urns, stone sarcophagi and cippi stood on the mosaic floor. About 300 inscribed slabs, removed at the time of discovery, are preserved in the Vatican and Capitoline museums. These give the names and offices of freedmen and slaves in the household of Livia, wife of Augustus. Their offices are most varied, the list including a physician, a surgeon, secretaries, tutors for the children of the imperial house as well as ordinary servants. The columbarium seems to have been used until the reign of Claudius.
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