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|image = Piramide Cestia 1.png | |image = Piramide Cestia 1.png | ||
|description = The Roman adaptation of the | |description = The Roman adaptation of the [[Egypt]]ian Pyramids | ||
|location = [[Antico District]], [[Rome]], [[Italy]] | |location = [[Antico District]], [[Rome]], [[Italy]] | ||
|dateconstructed = 18 | |dateconstructed = 18 – 12 BCE | ||
|functions = Tomb of Caius Cestius. | |functions = Tomb of Caius Cestius. | ||
|features = An entrance to one of the [[Lairs of Romulus]]. | |features = An entrance to one of the [[Lairs of Romulus]]. | ||
| | |commissioner = [[Caius Cestius]]}} | ||
The '''Piramide Cestia''', or '''Pyramid of Cestius''', is a landmark in [[Rome]]. From the early 16th century, it concealed an entrance to a [[Lairs of Romulus|Lair of Romulus]], the [[Catacombs of Rome|Catacombe di Roma]]. | |||
The '''Piramide Cestia''', or '''Pyramid of Cestius''', is a landmark in [[Rome]]. From the early 16th century, it concealed an entrance to a [[Lairs of Romulus|Lair of Romulus]], the [[Catacombs of Rome|Catacombe di Roma]]. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Built between 18 and 12 BCE for | Built between 18 and 12 BCE for [[Caius Cestius]], a magistrate and a member of the Roman religious corporation known as {{Wiki|Epulones|Septemviri Epulonum}}, which was in charge of creating religious feasts for the gods and distributing bounty during parties.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Database: Piramide Cestia]]</ref> The pyramid was of brick-faced concrete, covered with slabs of white marble standing on a travertine foundation, measuring 100 Roman feet (29.6 m) square at the base and standing 125 Roman feet (37 m) high.<ref name="Wikipedia">''Wikipedia article on Pyramid of Cestius''</ref> | ||
It was also built into the bulwark, forming a triangular bastion in an effort to cut costs on the snowballing wall project between 271 and 275, during the construction of the | It was also built into the bulwark, forming a triangular bastion in an effort to cut costs on the snowballing wall project between 271 and 275, during the construction of the [[Aurelian Walls]]. The faces of the pyramid were far steeper than its [[Egypt]]ian ancestor, due to erroneous sketches of the Egyptian pyramids, which acted as the chief reference for its construction.<ref name="Database" /> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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Piramide Cestia Panorama.jpg|Panoramic view of the Piramide Cestia area | Piramide Cestia Panorama.jpg|Panoramic view of the Piramide Cestia area | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Appearance== | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
{{ACB}} | {{ACB}} | ||
[[Category:Pyramids]] | |||
[[Category:Lairs of Romulus]] | [[Category:Lairs of Romulus]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Landmarks in Rome]] | ||
Revision as of 07:39, 14 December 2018
The Piramide Cestia, or Pyramid of Cestius, is a landmark in Rome. From the early 16th century, it concealed an entrance to a Lair of Romulus, the Catacombe di Roma.
History
Built between 18 and 12 BCE for Caius Cestius, a magistrate and a member of the Roman religious corporation known as Septemviri Epulonum, which was in charge of creating religious feasts for the gods and distributing bounty during parties.[1] The pyramid was of brick-faced concrete, covered with slabs of white marble standing on a travertine foundation, measuring 100 Roman feet (29.6 m) square at the base and standing 125 Roman feet (37 m) high.[2]
It was also built into the bulwark, forming a triangular bastion in an effort to cut costs on the snowballing wall project between 271 and 275, during the construction of the Aurelian Walls. The faces of the pyramid were far steeper than its Egyptian ancestor, due to erroneous sketches of the Egyptian pyramids, which acted as the chief reference for its construction.[1]
Trivia
- The pyramid could be bought as a territory in Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy.
Gallery
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Entrance to Catacombe di Roma -
Panoramic view of the Piramide Cestia area
Appearance
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Database: Piramide Cestia
- ↑ Wikipedia article on Pyramid of Cestius
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