Milarium Aureum
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These
days the Milarium Aureum is an unimpressive pile of bricks that stands
in front of the Temple of Saturn. It was once a golden monument that
stood parallel to the Umbilicus Urbus and was
built in 20BC by the Emperor Augustus. The column that the base supported
was covered with gilded bronze and showed the distances to all the major
cities of the empire.
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