Cippus

A cippus (plural: cippi) is a low, round or rectangular pedestal set up by the Ancient Romans for military purposes such as a milestone or a boundary post. The inscriptions on some cippi show that they were occasionally used as funeral memorials.

Various forms of Cippi

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