Tomb of Largo Talamo

Discovered in 1935 in Viale S. Lorenzo - Via dei Sardi, along the route of the ancient Via Collatina, the funerary monument was later rebuilt in Largo E. Talamo.

The structure, originally consisting of a cylindrical tambour on a parallelepiped base, is completely covered in travertine. Next to the monument were other funerary monuments, and, in a later period , other buildings had been erected on top, probably due to the raising of the ground level. A fragment of the base frame and a one of a slab from the frieze decorated with acanthus spirals are what remain of the tambour.

The base, 2.70 metres high, is square-shaped, measuring 5.90 metres per side. Along the front was a seat with ornamental relief elements serving as lion's paw supports. At both ends of the first row of travertine blocks, the dimensions of the monument are engraved: IN FR(ONTE) P(EDES) XXXII, IN AGR(O) P(EDES) XX.

The interior wall of the cell was made of opus reticulatum (reticulated work) covered with plaster and floral and geometric decorations. In the centre of the floor was a circular well for collecting water, covered by a travertine slab. Several brick stamps from the age of Commodus (180-193), as well as one from the years 198-212 and a third from the years 205-212, were recovered from the facing masonry.

The sepulchre, of the circular tambour type on a quadrangular base, dates back to the first half of the 1st century AD and was in use until the 3rd century AD.