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486 SEP. SEMPRONIORUM—SEP. Q. SULPICII MAXIMI
gained from the restoration (p. io) in Ephemeris Dacico-Romana, i.
(1923), 1-56, which contains a careful account of the tomb before the
recent excavations, with illustrations, and a plan which supersedes all
previous ones. To the south-west of the tomb are rooms belonging to
. the house already mentioned (Capitolium, ii. 24-31 ; iii. 27-32 ; YW 1927).
Sep. Semproniorum : the tomb of the Sempronii, of the end of the republic,
situated just outside the porta Sanqualis, at the upper end of the present
Via Dataria. It was excavated in 1863 (Bull. d. Inst. 1864, 6), but the
inscription had been known in the seventeenth century (CIL vi. 26152).
The travertine fagade on the clivus leading up to the gate had a plain
arched entrance into the sepulchral chamber, which was cut in the tufa
rock. The threshold was 2 metres above the pavement of the road, and
over the doorway was a decorated frieze and cornice (BC 1876, 126-127,
pl. xii. ; HJ 403).
Sep. Severi : an alleged tomb of Septimius Severus, known to us only
from one passage (Hist. Aug. Get. 7 : inlatusque est maiorum sepulcro,
hoc est Severi, quod est in via Appia euntibus ad portam dextra, specie
Septizonii extructum ; HJ 218). Severus, Caracalla and Geta were,
however, all buried in the Mausoleum of Hadrian (q.v.), and the passage
is interpolated (cf. Septizonium).
Sep. Statii Caecilii : the tomb of the poet Statius Caecilius, near the
Janiculum (Suet, reliq. ed. Reiffers. 26 : iuxta Ianiculum sepultus), of
which nothing further is known.
Sep. Statiliorum : the columbarium of the slaves and freedmen of the
Statilii, and in particular of M. Statilius Taurus, consul in 44 a.d. and
owner of the Horti Tauriani (q.v.). It was on the north side of the
via Praenestina, about 100 metres inside the porta Praenestina (Maggiore),
on the south-west side of the modern Viale Principessa Margherita.1
Three chambers of this tomb were excavated in 1875-1877, and many
inscriptions discovered which dated from Augustus to Claudius (CIL
vi. 6213-6640 and p. 982 ; Brizio, Pittureesepolcri scoperte sulk Esquilino,
Roma 1876 ; NS 1877, 314-323 ; HJ 363 ; for other inscriptions found in
adjacent sepulchral chambers, see BC 1880, 51-75 ; CIL vi. 33083-33190).
Sep. Sullae : the tomb of the dictator L. Cornelius Sulla, erected in the
campus Martius, by order of the senate (Liv. Epit. 90; Plut. Sulla 38 ;
App. BC i. 106 ; Lucan ii. 222, medio campo), and restored by Caracalla
(Cass. Dio lxxvii. 13). Its site is unknown (HJ 492).
Sep. Q. Sulpicii Maximi : the tomb of Q. Sulpicius Maximus, who died at
the age of eleven years, after having won the first prize in extemporaneous
verse at the third celebration of the ludi Capitolini in 95 a.d. (CIL vi.
33976). It was found in 1871 in the interior of the east tower of the
Porta Salaria, which had been built over it (Bull. d. Inst. 1871, 98-113 ;
1 The name has recently been changed to Viale Principe di Piemonte.
gained from the restoration (p. io) in Ephemeris Dacico-Romana, i.
(1923), 1-56, which contains a careful account of the tomb before the
recent excavations, with illustrations, and a plan which supersedes all
previous ones. To the south-west of the tomb are rooms belonging to
. the house already mentioned (Capitolium, ii. 24-31 ; iii. 27-32 ; YW 1927).
Sep. Semproniorum : the tomb of the Sempronii, of the end of the republic,
situated just outside the porta Sanqualis, at the upper end of the present
Via Dataria. It was excavated in 1863 (Bull. d. Inst. 1864, 6), but the
inscription had been known in the seventeenth century (CIL vi. 26152).
The travertine fagade on the clivus leading up to the gate had a plain
arched entrance into the sepulchral chamber, which was cut in the tufa
rock. The threshold was 2 metres above the pavement of the road, and
over the doorway was a decorated frieze and cornice (BC 1876, 126-127,
pl. xii. ; HJ 403).
Sep. Severi : an alleged tomb of Septimius Severus, known to us only
from one passage (Hist. Aug. Get. 7 : inlatusque est maiorum sepulcro,
hoc est Severi, quod est in via Appia euntibus ad portam dextra, specie
Septizonii extructum ; HJ 218). Severus, Caracalla and Geta were,
however, all buried in the Mausoleum of Hadrian (q.v.), and the passage
is interpolated (cf. Septizonium).
Sep. Statii Caecilii : the tomb of the poet Statius Caecilius, near the
Janiculum (Suet, reliq. ed. Reiffers. 26 : iuxta Ianiculum sepultus), of
which nothing further is known.
Sep. Statiliorum : the columbarium of the slaves and freedmen of the
Statilii, and in particular of M. Statilius Taurus, consul in 44 a.d. and
owner of the Horti Tauriani (q.v.). It was on the north side of the
via Praenestina, about 100 metres inside the porta Praenestina (Maggiore),
on the south-west side of the modern Viale Principessa Margherita.1
Three chambers of this tomb were excavated in 1875-1877, and many
inscriptions discovered which dated from Augustus to Claudius (CIL
vi. 6213-6640 and p. 982 ; Brizio, Pittureesepolcri scoperte sulk Esquilino,
Roma 1876 ; NS 1877, 314-323 ; HJ 363 ; for other inscriptions found in
adjacent sepulchral chambers, see BC 1880, 51-75 ; CIL vi. 33083-33190).
Sep. Sullae : the tomb of the dictator L. Cornelius Sulla, erected in the
campus Martius, by order of the senate (Liv. Epit. 90; Plut. Sulla 38 ;
App. BC i. 106 ; Lucan ii. 222, medio campo), and restored by Caracalla
(Cass. Dio lxxvii. 13). Its site is unknown (HJ 492).
Sep. Q. Sulpicii Maximi : the tomb of Q. Sulpicius Maximus, who died at
the age of eleven years, after having won the first prize in extemporaneous
verse at the third celebration of the ludi Capitolini in 95 a.d. (CIL vi.
33976). It was found in 1871 in the interior of the east tower of the
Porta Salaria, which had been built over it (Bull. d. Inst. 1871, 98-113 ;
1 The name has recently been changed to Viale Principe di Piemonte.