SEP. DOMITIORUM
or monumentum Domitiorum (Suet. Nero 50):
the tomb
of the family of the Domitii on the Pincian, where the ashes of Nero
were placed, in a sarcophagus of porphyry with an altar of Luna marble
standing above it, all enclosed by a balustrade of Thasian marble (loc. cit.).
This tomb stood on the north-west slope of the hill, probably in horti
belonging to the Domitii, but in the Middle Ages it was thought to be at
the foot of the hill. To exorcise the evil spirit of Nero, Paschal II
(1099)
built here a small chapel which became in the thirteenth century the
church of S. Maria del Popolo (HJ 446; Arm. 319;
BC 1877, 194;
1914, 376-377).
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