{"id":5601,"date":"2024-07-17T10:01:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T08:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seepompeii.com\/la-tomba-di-un-personaggio-illustre-legato-ad-augusto-ritrovata-a-pompei\/"},"modified":"2024-07-17T10:10:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T08:10:00","slug":"tomb-of-an-illustrious-personage-linked-to-augustus-found-in-pompeii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seepompeii.com\/en\/tomb-of-an-illustrious-personage-linked-to-augustus-found-in-pompeii\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomb of an Illustrious Personage Linked to Augustus Found in Pompeii"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The tomb of a distinguished person linked to Augustus and Spain<\/strong> has been found in Pompeii<\/strong> during moisture remediation work in the underground rooms of the library of San Paolino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The work had been necessary to protect the site’s library holdings from water infiltration. And it was during the excavation for the construction of a ventilation shaft that the exceptional discovery was made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A very important discovery that led the superintendence to expand the excavation and \u201cmusealize\u201d the funerary monument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a tomb in the shape of a semicircle, referable to a typology well known in Pompeii, that of the so-called \u201cschola\u201d tombs. <\/strong>With a tufa seat in the center ending in elegant lion’s paws, bearing on the back in very regular clear letters and with red remnants inside the cavities, the name Numerius Agrestinus Equitius Pulcher .<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The find occurred between Stabia Gate and the building of St. Paulinus (currently used as the site’s library).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A key discovery in reconstructing relations with Augustus<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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This is an important discovery that sheds light on the power network of Rome under the empire of Augustus. In fact, it is clear from the inscriptions found in the tomb that this is a prominent figure associated with the emperor’s reign<\/strong>. A prefect of military genius<\/strong>, who, together with Augustus, made a splendid career in the Roman army during the Spanish campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of it he decided to return to Pompeii, where the city council honored him with a burial on public ground, dedicating the very large tomb to him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discovery is exceptional not only for recomposing the ties of relationship with the emperor Augustus but also for reconstructing the road layout of Pompeii<\/strong>. In fact, the orientation of the tomb, given by the backrest on which the inscription is inscribed, is a significant element that can help define the course of the road axes probably present and not yet identified in Pompeii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ancient burial monuments have their main facade facing the street that runs parallel to it. In fact, the other nineteenth-century tombs identified in the investigated area face and run along the Stabian Way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This could signify the presence of an additional, as yet unidentified and excavated roadway that lies beneath the building of St. Paulinus.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n