Philopappos Monument
Roman-era hilltop mausoleum of an exiled Eastern prince, facing the Acropolis with a marble facade of statues and chariot frieze.
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This guide to the Philopappos Monument in Athens traces the life of Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappos, a prince from the eastern kingdom of Commagene whose grandfather was stripped of his throne by Rome before he was even born. It follows how the exiled family rebuilt its standing in Rome itself, the future emperors Philopappos befriended, and the consulship he reached in the year 109. The tomb his grieving sister raised for him faces the Acropolis directly, a placement chosen with its own purpose in mind.
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