Note 279 — Chapter XIII · THE BASILICAS OF THE LATERAN, SANTA CROCE, AND S. LORENZO.
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It was near the Lateran, on the site of the gardens of Plautius Lateranus, that the famous statues of the Niobedes, attributed to Scopus, now at Florence, were found. The fine tomb of the Plautii is a striking object on the road to Tivoli.