The funeral stele is a short pillar, sometimes round, but most of the time rectangular,
erected as a tombstone on the place where a person is buried, or used as a tomb to
hold his ashes after they had been collected from the stake, for those who could not
afford a more imposing construction. One sees here the funeral stele erected to honour
Emperor Claudius, Claudius himself was buried in Augustus’ Mausoleum.
(The indication pomœrial actually means that it was built in the Pomœrium, an area
situated outside the city wall and kept for the cult, where no construction was allowed).
General view of Claudius’ funeral stele close the Testaceus Mount on the left side of the picture.
Claudius funeral stele seen from above.
