<p>A well-preserved reticulate <i>columbarium</i> of square plan (<i>c</i>. 6 x 5 m, 7 m deep) with over 300 <i>loculi</i> was excavated near the *Via Appia in 1847 (Coarelli). An inscription dated to A.D. 10 (<i>CIL</i> VI 4418) provides a <i>terminus ante quem</i> for the tomb. Inscribed cinerary urns recovered from the site confirm that it was opened under Augustus, and indicate that the tomb continued to receive burials through the Julio-Claudian period (<i>CIL</i> VI 4414-80). Many of the deceased freedmen and slaves interred here served the imperial household, so it is sometimes called the “Monumentum Marcellae” (<i>CIL</i> VI p.908-10; cf. Richardson).</p><p>In the decades following Augustus’ death, two other large <i>columbaria</i> (one of 450 <i>loculi</i>, the other with 800) were opened in the immediate vicinity of this tomb; these three monuments are often grouped as the “Columbaria of the Vigna Codini” (Coarelli). These tombs attest to the continuing popularity of the Via Appia as a burial site, yet witness a changing demographic: the distinctive family tombs of the Republican élite were soon surrounded and far outnumbered by <i>columbaria</i> filled with Rome’s middle and lower classes.</p>