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While this monument has been known for centuries as the burial place of a famous Roman emperor, its true purpose is quite different.
On the outskirts of Rome, along the ancient Via Cassia, a large sepulchral monument cannot be missed. For centuries, it has been known as the Tomb of Nero. But this is actually the final resting place of proconsul Publius Vibius Marianus, not the famous Roman emperor. The monument dates back to the late 3rd century, around 200 years after Nero’s death in 68. Pope Paschal II destroyed the mausoleum that held Nero’s ashes, fearing that the former emperor could come back from the dead as the Antichrist.
