The inscription records the virtue and public honour of a Roman
magistrate of the time of the republic. It is supposed to be two
thousand years old.
C. PUBLICO . L. Q. F. BIBULO . AED . PL. HONORIS
VIRTUTISQUE . CAUSSA . SENATUS
CONSULTO . POPULIQUE . IUSSU . LOCUS.
MONUMENTO . QUO . IPSE . POSTEREIQUE
EIUS . INFERRENTUR . PUBLICE . DATUS . EST.
It is of travertine stone and plain Doric architecture. There is some
talk of pulling the house down, so that this interesting monument may
be better seen.
_Continuing our ramble down the street, we arrive, on the right, at
the Church of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami. It is built over part of_