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Address: inside the Foro Romano
Column erected in the 608 in the Roman Foro from the Senate in honor of the byzantine emperor Foca, who donated the Pantheon to Bonifacio IV; raised from prefect Surdino on a paving that dates from the III century.
It's a corinthian column made in marble, high 13.5 m, arranged on a terraced base placed in proximity of the Rostra. Till 1816, when Lady Elisabeth Foster, widow of fifth duke of Devonshire, brought to the light the pedestal, nobody knew what it was. It was discovered therefore that it has been the last monument erected in the Foro.
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