Rambles in Rome / An Archæological and Historical Guide to the Museums, Galleries, Villas, Churches, and Antiquities of Rome and the Campagna

by S. Russell Forbes

Adjoining is the house where Giulio Romano was born.

A few steps beyond, on the left-hand side of the same street, is the

TOMB OF BIBULUS.

The inscription records the virtue and public honour of a Roman magistrate of the time of the republic. It is supposed to be two thousand years old.

C. PUBLICO . L. Q. F. BIBULO . AED . PL. HONORIS

VIRTUTISQUE . CAUSSA . SENATUS

CONSULTO . POPULIQUE . IUSSU . LOCUS.

MONUMENTO . QUO . IPSE . POSTEREIQUE

EIUS . INFERRENTUR . PUBLICE . DATUS . EST.

It is of travertine stone and plain Doric architecture. There is some talk of pulling the house down, so that this interesting monument may be better seen.