Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . nd waseven declared to be such in the inscription placed onthe pedestal during the pontificate of Sixtus the sculptures on the column were subsequentlyperceived to relate to the history of Antonine thephilosopher; and this view was confirmed not onlyby the few remaining words of the original inscrip-tion, but also by another inscription found in theneighbouring Piazza di Monte Citorio, regarding apermission granted to a certain Adrastus, a freed-man of Septimius Severus and Caracalla, to erect asmall house in the neighbourhood of the column, ascu
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . nd waseven declared to be such in the inscription placed onthe pedestal during the pontificate of Sixtus the sculptures on the column were subsequentlyperceived to relate to the history of Antonine thephilosopher; and this view was confirmed not onlyby the few remaining words of the original inscrip-tion, but also by another inscription found in theneighbouring Piazza di Monte Citorio, regarding apermission granted to a certain Adrastus, a freed-man of Septimius Severus and Caracalla, to erect asmall house in the neighbourhood of the column, ascurator of it. This inscription, which is now pre-served in the corridor of the Vatican, twice mentionsthe column as being that Divi Marci. (Canina,Indie, p. 417, seq.) The column is an imitation ofthat of Trajan, but not in so pure a style of derive their name of cocldis from the spiralstaircase (cochlea, kox^ms) in the interior of them.(Isid. Orig. xv. 2, 38.) The Columna AntoniniPii was a large pillar of red granite, erected to. PEDESTAL OF COLUMN OF ANTONINUS PIUS. him, as appears from the inscription, by M. Aure-lius and L. Verus. It was discovered in tiiepontificate of Clement XL, in the garden of thePudri della Missione, on the E. side of the Palazzodi Monte Citorio. It broke in the attempt to erectit in the Piazza di Monte Citorio, where the obelisknow stands; but the pedestal with the inscription is KOMA. 839 still preserved in the garden of the Vatican. (Canina,Indie, p. 419.) The sculptures on the pedestalrepresent the Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius andFaustina. The Thermae Commodianae and Alexan-DRINAE will be treated of in the section on thebaths. After the time of Alexander Severus wefind but few new buildings mentioned in this dis-trict. Gordian III. is said to have entertained thedesign of buildmg an enormous portico under tliuPincian hill, but it does not appear that it was everexecuted. (Capitol. Cord. III. c. 32.) Respectingthe Porticus Flaminia, see the
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