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unusual facts about Meta Sudans


Meta Sudans

The Meta Sudans had the same shape, and also functioned as a similar kind of turning point, in that it marked the spot where a Roman triumphal procession would turn left from the via Triumphalis along the east side of the Palatine onto the via Sacra and into the Forum Romanum itself.


Clementina Panella

In excavations under her direction west of the Colosseum and on the northeast slopes of the Palatine Hill in Rome, the foundations of the Meta Sudans, a fountain of the Augustan era, were uncovered, together with other remains dating from the Late Republic through the Flavian eras.


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