The solar clock of Augustus, of which Augustus’s obelisk served as needle, was of gigantic dimensions. This huge gnomon was surely a tourist appeal for the contemporaries.
















The great solar clock of Augustus, seen under another angle. . Today the obelisk is erected on the Piazza Montecitorio in Rome, with a bronze globe on its top.










In the centre left, only a few steps away from the Hadrian’s temple, should stand, according to certain documents, the famous Insula Felicles.







What we can hardly discern in the centre of the picture, close to the Aurelian wall, is a small altar called '' altar in favour of Augustus, of the Senate,of the Roman people and the peoples of the Empire''.










A wide street linked the Baths of Nero to the Mausoleum of Augustus. Alongside this Vicus was a badly defined temple, except that it could have been probably dedicated to Mars. You can discern it on the side of the street towards the Tiber in the centre of the picture.