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Caius Cestius Pyramid, Rome

Caius Cestius, Praetor and Tribun of the people, who died in 12BC, devised the most original mausoleum in Rome, composed by a Pyramid near Porta San Paolo. The marble-covered pyramid testifies the grandeur of the Augustan era when a simple citizen could erect a tomb worthy of a Pharaon