TOMB 1

The entrance of the excavation area is located on the south side.
We walk through the gate and are standing on the remains of the former busy
main street, the Via Severiana.
Immediately we notice tomb 1 on our left hand.
A small pyramid-shaped monument
built of brick in which the urn was placed.
The detached tomb stands in the middle
of the open area between the Via Severiana
and tombs 2, 3 and 4.
On the monument is an inscription on
a small marble plate, which says that this
monument was dedicated to Caius Annaeus
Atticus, who passed away when he was 37
years of age; that he was originally coming
from Poitiers, a town in the province of Aquitania (France). The text also tells us
that the monument was erected by the members of his family (or household slaves?).