At the
third mile of Via Prenestina, belonging to the ephemeral GORDIAN DINASTY of
emperors
Gordian I
was emperor for a month on the year 238 (the year of the six emperors, the
other three, besides the Gordians, being Maximinus Thrax, Pupienus and
Balbinus) together with his son Gordian II
Gordian III
(238/244), grandson of Gordian I, became emperor at age 13, the youngest sole
emperor in the history of the Roman empire, and reigned for six years
Ruins on both sides of the street:
On the right
Cistern,
tombs and other remains
On the left
Another cistern,
republican villa, octagonal hall close to a spa complex
Further
east LARGE ROUND MAUSOLEUM known as Tor de' Schiavi dating back to the period
of Constantine. The name derives from the Schiavi family who owned the land in
the sixteenth century
Slightly
later the nearby FUNERARY BASILICA was built, shaped as a circus (hippodrome) of 67 x 33 m (220 x 109 feet) with nearby COLUMBARIA
of the first century AD
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