Santa Maria in Aracoeli


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The third column on the left, of antique pink granite from Aswan and white marble, has a graffito E CUBICULO AUG[USTORUM] carved into it. This inscription refers to the imperial chamberlain, one of the emperor's closest attendants; but it was translated in the twelfth century as "from the bedchamber of Augustus" and was thus linked with his dream and the vision of the Aracoeli."

(Photo borrowed from internet)
© Peter1936F