Funerary monument of Sulpicius Maximus

Monumento funerario di Sulpicio Massimo
Type: 
Funerary monument and ornaments
Year: 
Late Ist century AD
Material and technique: 
Marble
Size: 
cm 161
Origin: 
Rome, Porta Salaria (1871)
Inventory: 
MC1102

Masterpieces of the hall

The hall

Sala Caldaie - Monumenti funerari e Necropoli Ostiense

In the funerary art section are displayed the funerary monument of Sulpicius Maximus, who, as a very young poet, won a musical competition in 94 AD, and the funerary cippo of Giulius Elius Iulus, a rich shoemaker shown in a pose of heroic nudity.