converted into a house, the lower part being shops. By descending into
the vault, it will be seen that it is hewn out of the natural rock.
The Claudii family "received, from the state, lands beyond the Anio
for their followers, and a burying-place for themselves near the
Capitol" (Suetonius, "Claudius," i. 1).
Adjoining is the house where Giulio Romano was born.
_A few steps beyond, on the left-hand side of the same street, is the_