The expansion of the city by Claudius included the Campus Martius - the 'Field of Mars' - which at the time of the Roman Republic was outside the pomerium. Related: 30 of the world's most valuable treasures that are still missing
43 as his justification for doing so, Wiseman said. Tradition held that the pomerium could be extended only by a magistrate - an official of the Republic - who had expanded Roman territory, and so Claudius seems to have cited his conquest of Britain in A.D. The city's pomerium had great civic and symbolic meaning, and it was extended several times throughout the history of ancient Rome. 54 it matches another pomerial stone from the time that is now on display in the Vatican Museums. 49 during the expansion of the city by the Emperor Claudius, who ruled from A.D.
Although 10 other pomerial stones have been found before, this is the first one found in more than 100 years.Ī Latin inscription on the stone shows it was placed along the sacred strip in about A.D.
