Pyramid of Cestius
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jul 21, 2024 10:58 AM
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History
An ancient pyramid-shaped tomb built for Caius Cestius (ca. 18-12 BC), a magistrate and member of the Septemviri Epulonum. The tomb stands at the fork of the ancient Via Ostiensis and was later incorporated into the city's fortifications.
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/195092807
41.8764181005, 12.4808435252
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Pyramid of Cestius (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Imagery location of the Pyramid of Cestius (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Piramide di Caio Cestio (Italian, modern)
- Pyramid of Cestius part of (analytical) Regio XIII (Aventinus) (unspecified date range)
- Pyramid of Cestius located at Roma (30 BC - AD 300)
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tomb, pyramid
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Jeffrey Becker, 'Pyramid of Cestius: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/195092807> [accessed: 25 March 2025]
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