{"id":6668,"date":"2026-01-13T12:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/educational-panels-and-maps\/the-coastal-districts-and-the-maritime-domus\/sepolcro-di-cartilio-poplicola\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:39:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:39:50","slug":"sepolcro-di-cartilio-poplicola","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/educational-panels-and-maps\/the-coastal-districts-and-the-maritime-domus\/sepolcro-di-cartilio-poplicola\/","title":{"rendered":"Sepolcro di Cartilio Poplicola"},"content":{"rendered":"

The funerary monument was built in around 20 BC along a cemetery road in the area outside the Porta Marina.<\/p>\n

The tomb\u2019s square base had a revetment of travertine blocks; the central body was covered in marble on the front, and in travertine and tufa on the other sides; its corners were decorated with lesenes surmounted by little capitals.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tStatue of Cartilius Poplicola as a resting athlete from the Temple of Hercules\n(Museo Ostiense)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n\t\t\tNorth elevation of the tomb\n(I. Gismondi, O. Visca)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

On the front is the inscription commemorating Caius Cartilius, an illustrious magistrate who held the city\u2019s most important public offices, so popular that he earned for himself the nickname\u00a0Poplicola<\/em>\u00a0(\u201cfriend of the people\u201d).<\/p>\n

The figurative frieze running along the upper cornice of the monument, depicting a row of soldiers and a trireme ship, probably commemorates a victory won under his command against an enemy from the sea.<\/p>\n

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Detail of the reliefs on the tomb<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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