Pyramid of Cestius
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The pyramid of Cestius is an ancient Roman pyramid in Rome, Italy, near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery. It was built in the style of the Nubian pyramids as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a
The Pyramid of Cestius
Detail of the pyramid
Pyramid Caius Cestius room inside
One of two inscribed bases found outside the tomb in 1660 (CIL VI 1375)
Meta Romuli
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The Meta Romuli was a pyramid built in ancient Rome that is important for historical, religious and architectural reasons. By the 16th century, it was almost completely demolished.
Pyramid of Cestius
…served in that campaign and perhaps intended the pyramid to serve as a commemoration. His pyramid was not the only one in Rome; a larger one—the "pyramid of Romulus" — of similar form but unknown origins stood between the Vatican and the Mausoleum of Hadrian but was dismantled in the 16th century by Pope Alexander…
The Meta Romuli between the Circus Neronis and the Mausoleum of Hadrian in a description of ancient Rome by Pirro Ligorio (1561)
The Meta Romuli (on the left) depicted in the Stefaneschi Triptych by Giotto