In the new excavations upon the line of the Via Sacra a monumental
cippus has been found, with the following inscription,--FABIUS.
TITIANUS.--V. C. CONSUL.--PRAEF. URBI.--CURAVIT.
He was consul and prefect of the city, A.D. 339 to 341, under the
Emperor Constans I. This was one of three bases recorded as having
stood in front of the Temple of Romulus in the sixteenth century, one
of which is in the Museum of the Villa Borghese, and the other is in
the Naples Museum.
Another base was found, dedicated to the Emperor Constantius II. by
Flavius Leontius, prefect of Rome in 356 A.D. This is similar to the
one in the Capitoline Museum.
The inscription reads,--TOTO. ORBE. VICTORI.--DN. CONSTANTIO.
MAX.--TRIUMFATORI.--SEMPER. AUG.--FL. LEONTIUS. V. C.--PRAEF. URBI.
ITERUM.--VICE. SACRA. INDICANS.--D. N. M. Q. EIUS.
Remains of Roman and medieval buildings and a fountain have been
uncovered in the course of excavating, also some architectural
fragments. The whole length of the Via Sacra has been now uncovered as
far as the steps leading up to S. Bonaventura.