<p>Early Imperial pyramidal tomb located on the E side of the *Tiber, at the intersection of the post-Augustan Via Cornelia and the *Via Triumphalis. In the Middle Ages, it remained a major topographic landmark, known as the “<i>Romuli sepulcrum</i>” (Castagnoli 23). The actual tomb was destroyed by Pope Alexander VI in 1499 and only the foundations are now preserved (Gatti no. 3771).</p> <p>The clear Egyptian typology of this tomb easily allows for a date in the Augustan period, a time when an Egyptianizing style strongly influenced architecture in Rome (Verzár-Bass 423). Most probably its owner was Cornelius Gallus, the first prefect of Egypt (Dio Cass. 53.23; Verzár-Bass 423-24). This identification is strengthened by the name of the later street passing nearby, Via Cornelia (Verzár-Bass 423). A similar pyramidal tomb, the *Sepulcrum: C. Cestius, still stands on the S periphery of the city.</p>