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Tomb of the Scipios

The Tomb of the Scipios, also called the hypogaeum Scipionum, was the common tomb of the patrician Scipio family during the Roman Republic for interments between the early 3rd century BC and the early 1st century AD.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: common tomb of the Cornelii Scipiones family during the Roman Republic
  • Also known as: “hypogaeum Scipionum”
  • Address: Via di Porta San Sebastiano 9, Roma

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Porta Latina and Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas.

City gate
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The is a single-arched gate in the of ancient Rome. is situated 170 metres east of Tomb of the Scipios.

Archaeological site
The is a 1st-century CE Roman , situated near the on the Via di Porta Latina, , Italy. It was discovered and excavated in 1831 by Pietro Campana. is situated 140 metres east of Tomb of the Scipios.

City gate
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The is the largest and one of the best-preserved gates in the of , Italy. Originally known as the Porta Appia due to its location at the beginning of the , the gate served as a key southern entrance to the city since antiquity. is situated 290 metres south of Tomb of the Scipios.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aventino-Testaccio and Colosseo.

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Aventino and Testaccio are neighbourhoods of . Aventino is named for the hill which rises up near the Tiber river and is one of the legendary seven hills of Rome.

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The district is the heart of ancient and the Roman Empire. It has the Colosseum, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum.

Quarter
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is an urban zone of Rome. It belongs to the Municipio VIII of Rome comune, Italy, in the quarter of Rome. Its population counts nearly 45,000.

Tomb of the Scipios

Latitude
41.87596° or 41° 52′ 33″ north
Longitude
12.50055° or 12° 30′ 2″ east
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
Open location code
8FHJVGG2+96
Open­Street­Map ID
way 254710670
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
8015037
Wiki­data ID
Q1540716
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Tomb of the Scipios” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Гробница на Сципионите”
  • Catalan: “hypogaeum Scipionum”
  • Catalan: “sepulcrum Scipionum”
  • Catalan: “Tomba dels Escipions”
  • Dutch: “Tombe van de Scipiones”
  • Dutch: “Tombe van de Scipioni”
  • French: “Tombe des Scipions”
  • French: “tombeau des Scipions”
  • French: “Tombeau des Scipions”
  • Georgian: “სციპიონების სამარხი”
  • German: “CLE 6”
  • German: “CLE 7”
  • German: “Grab der Scipionen”
  • German: “Grabstätte der Scipionen”
  • German: “Scipionen-Inschriften”
  • German: “Scipionenelogien”
  • German: “Scipionengrab”
  • Greek: “Τάφος των Σκιπιώνων”
  • Italian: “Ipogeo degli Scipioni”
  • Italian: “sarcofago di Scipione Barbato”
  • Italian: “sepolcro degli Scipioni”
  • Italian: “Sepolcro degli Scipioni”
  • Italian: “tomba degli Scipioni”
  • Latin: “Sepulcrum Scipionum”
  • Latin: “Sepulcrum: Cornelii Scipiones”
  • Persian: “مقبره اسکیپیوس”
  • Polish: “Grobowiec Scypionów”
  • Portuguese: “Túmulo dos Cipiões”
  • Russian: “Гробница Сципионов”
  • Spanish: “Tumba de los escipiones”
  • Spanish: “Tumba de los Escipiones”
  • Swedish: “Scipionernas familjegrav”
  • Ukrainian: “гробниця Сципіонів”
  • Ukrainian: “Гробниця Сципіонів”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tomb of the Scipios”. Photo: Pippo-b, CC BY-SA 3.0.