<p>Sepulchral monument erected by M. Vergilius Eurysaces, a wholesale baker, inside the fork of the *Via Praenestina and *Via Labicana just outside the line of aqueducts. It is dated to the decade 30-20 B.C. (Ciancio Rossetto 1973, 67), but there is some fluctuation (Brandt). In the 3rd c. A.D. it was enclosed within one of the semicircular towers of the <i>porta Praenestina</i> of the Aurelian Wall, hence its exceptional state of preservation. In 1838 it was again exposed. Excavations have established its ground-plan as trapezoidal in shape, with a sharp apex (destroyed with the construction of the semicircular tower). There were many other tombs which lined Via Labicana E of the Porta Maggiore, some of which have been excavated but not identified or dated (Ciancio Rossetto 1973, pl. 39).</p>