One of the characteristics of the Euripus is the presence of numerus sepulchres along the canal.
The most famous one is Hadrian’s Ustrinum, but another group of sepulchres was gathered
close to the stables of the Green Faction ( right at the bottom of the picture ). 1, Cæsar’s sepulchre, 2,
Sylla’s sepulchre, 3, Hirtius sepulchre, 4, Pansa’s sepulchre.
The sepulchres were constructions built to commemorate the recording of a dead, but did not contain any body nor ashes. A small altar, 6,
in the little park next to the sepulchres seemed to be erected for the residents of the area around. On the other side of the Euripus, 7,
another much bigger altar, the altar of Mars, 5.
going through the Campus Martius. The Euripus is a straight between Beotia
and the Isle of Evia. The narrow channel was presenting an inversion of the stream,
which used to fascinate the ancient Greeks. The Romans named as such all the narrow
canals dug in their cities. Here was a construction ordered in 27 B.C.
by Marcus Agrippa, Augustus’ brother-in-law. It originated in Agrippa’s great Lake,
fed itself by the Aqua Virgo. The Euripus discharged its water into the Tiber,
between Nero’s bridge and Ælius’ bridge. Its purpose must have been to
regulate the level of the water in Agrippa’s Lake.
