The Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas is a 1st-century CE Roman

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, situated near the Porta Latina on the

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, Italy. It was discovered and excavated in 1831 by Pietro Campana. Though its name derives from Pomponius Hylas, who lived during the Flavian period (69–96 CE), the building itself has been dated to between 14 and 54 CE due to inscriptions on two of its niches (one dedicated to a

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and the other to a freedman of

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, daughter of Claudius and Messalina). It was later bought by Pomponius Hylas for himself and his wife, and he added the mosaic panel over the entrance steps, which is decorated with

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s and reads: The inscription also has a V (meaning vivit) over Pomponia's name, showing she was alive when the panel was added.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20101126154153/http://nerone.cc/nerone/archivio/arch80.htm
JSTOR: Proposta per una Classificazione del Terzo Stile Pompeiano

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Columbarium Of Pomponius Hylas Buildings and structures completed in the 1st century Ancient Roman tombs and cemeteries in Rome Pomponius Hylas Rome R. XIX Celio

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