abstract:The Pyramid of Cestius (in Italian, Piramide di Caio Cestio or Piramide Cestia) is an ancient pyramid in Rome, Italy, near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery. It stands at a fork between two ancient roads, the Via Ostiensis and another road that ran west to the Tiber along the approximate line of the modern Via della Marmorata.
Likely builtas a tomb for awealthycitizen in 12BCE, the PyramidofCestius illustrates the Roman obsession with Egyption designandculturepost-conquering.