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This
is a tomb which Augustus Caesar had built
for himself and his family after the victorious campaign
in Egypt which ended in the Battle of Actium.
As recounted
by Suetonius, Augustus had visited
the tomb of Alexander the Great in Alexandria,
and this was probably what inspired him in the construction
of a dynastic tomb for the Julio-Claudian
gem, immortal symbol of his family and
dynastic power, The place chosen for the
construction of the mausoleum was the northern
tip of the Field of Mars, which was not yet a
built-up area and where there were already a few
tombs of famous men.
The
monument consisted of a cylindrical drum
faced with blocks of travertine limestone, in the centre
of which was a door fronted by a short flight of steps
and flanked by two piers supporting the bronze plaques
upon which were inscribed the resgestae, or
imperial autobiography.
Nearby
stood two granite obelisks which were later reused
as decoration on the Fountain of the Dioscuri
(Castor and Pollux) in Piazza del
Quirinale and in Piazza dell'Esquilino, behind
S.Maria Maggiore. Structurally, the monument
consisted of a series of rings of walls
of which the outermost, united by seven radial walls
formed a series of adjacent chambers, while the innermost
formed circular corridors.
The long
entrance passage led directly to the two circular
corridors which went around the burial chamber,
which was circular and contained three rectangular
niches.
In the
centre of the chamber, a cylindrical pillar
faced in wedge-shaped blocks of travertine
limestone formed the central nucleus of the
building. The monument is currently at the centre
of an important project to upgrade Piazza Augusto
Imperatore, which will also involve the restoration
and study of the monument in order to increase
its appreciation.
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Address
Piazza Augusto Imperatore Rome
Price
€ 3,00; concessions € 1,50
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