Mausoleum of Glanum

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The mausoleum of Glanum is generally regarded as a cenotaph raised in memory of a man of the Julii family who would have benefited from citizenship and his name by Julius Caesar for his service in the Roman army, following the conquest of Gaul. Henri Rolland suggests that it is rather a mausoleum dedicated to the memory of Caius and Lucius Caesar, grandson of Emperor Augustus. Gallo-Roman monument erected between -30 and -20 B.C. Located south of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, in France, after the pomerium of the city, a few hundred meters north of the archaeological excavations of Glanum, its exceptional state of conservation (undoubtedly the best preserved in the world[ref. necessary]) allows us to admire its complex structure and its rich decoration. Glanum mausoleum was classified as historical monuments by the list of 1840. With the Arc de Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, a few metres away, it forms what is traditionally called the "Antiques de Saint-Rémy-de-Provence". The inscription reads:

« SEX(tus) M(arcus) L(ucius) IVLIEI C(ai) •F(iliii) PARENTIBVS SVEIS Sextus, Marcus and Lucius, son of Caius Julius, for their parents...