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Pyramid of Caius Cestius, Via Raffaele Persichetti, Rome, Italy Royalty Free Stock Photo
Pyramid of Caius Cestius, Via Raffaele Persichetti, Rome, Italy Royalty Free Stock Photo
   
   
   
   
   
Pyramid of Caius Cestius, Via Raffaele Persichetti, Rome, Italy
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Pyramid of Caius Cestius, Via Raffaele Persichetti, Rome, Italy. The pyramid was built about 18–12 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a magistrate and member of one of the four great religious corporations in Rome, the Septemviri Epulonum. It is of brick-faced concrete covered with slabs of white marble standing on a travertine foundation. The pyramid measures 100 Roman feet (29.6 m) square at the base and stands 125 Roman feet (37 m) high


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