<p>The so-called ‘golden milestone’ in the *Forum erected by Augustus in connection with his supervision of the road system (<i>cura viarum</i>), assumed in 20 B.C. (Dio Cass. 54.8.4: χρυσοῦν μίλιον κεκλημένον). The milestone, probably sheathed in gilded bronze (but cf. <i>Dig</i>. 50.16.154, where it is referred to simply as ‘the milestone of the city’, <i>miliarium urbis</i>), was ‘at the end of the Forum’ (<i>in capite Romani fori</i>: Pliny, <i>NH</i> 3.66), ‘at the foot of the Temple of Saturn’ (<i>sub aede</i>(<i>m</i>) <i>Saturni</i>: Tac., <i>Hist</i>. 1.27; Suet., <i>Otho</i> 6.2). The circular concrete foundation discovered by Kähler at the SE corner of the semi-circular stair to the *Rostra of Augustus may be the remains of the Miliarium Aureum, but this is not certain. The Miliarium Aureum represented the notional point of convergence for the roads of the Italian peninsular network (Plut., <i>Galb</i>. 24.4), and distances from Rome could be calculated not only from the *Servian Wall but also from the Forum (Mari), but there is no evidence that the Miliarium Aureum was inscribed with the names of major cities and their distances from Rome.</p>