Pyramid-shaped tomb of Caius Cestius, member of the College of septemviri epulones (organisers of public banquets). Evidence of the fashion for Egyptianisation that spread with the conquest of Egypt (30 BC), it was built between 18 and 12 BC in fewer than 330 days by testamentary mandate. There were also two bronze sculptures, financed by the sale of Attalica, precious cloth woven in gold, with which the client wished to be buried. The wishes of the deceased could not be granted, however, following the promulgation in 18 BC of the lex Iulia sumptuaria, which prohibited the flaunting of luxury.
