This is probably the tomb of the historian, who died about A.D. 130. The following inscription was found here:-- CORNELIO TACITO QUI VIXIT ANNIS DUOBUS MENSIBUS X DIEBUS II HORIS X FECIT LUCRETIA TACITA MATER FILIO B.M. ET SIBI ET SUIS. POS TERISQUE EORUM _Just beyond, in the_ VIGNA CODINI (No. 14), _are the Columbaria of_ THE OFFICERS OF CÆSAR'S HOUSEHOLD. (_Memorials of those mentioned by S. Paul._) Two columbaria lie upon the right of the pathway, and possess considerable interest, not only as good specimens of the chambers where the ashes of those who were cremated were deposited, but special interest is attached to some of the names found therein--names that are mentioned in the New Testament. The question arises, Are these the remains of those there mentioned? Can we still look upon the ashes of those early Christians? Let us see. In the first columbaria we find this inscription-- D.M. TRYPHAENAE . VALERIAS . TRYPHAENAE . MATRI. B. M. F. ET . VALERIAS . FUTIANUS. [Tryphænæ Valeria and Valerius Futianus to the memory of the mother Tryphæna.] Just beyond is-- DOMITIAE.) . L. FAUSTILLAE . PETRONIO . ARISTONIS . L. EPAPHRAE. On the stair wall is a Greek inscription to Onesimus. On the outside of the second columbaria, built into the wall, is-- D.M. VARIA . TRYPHOSA . PATRONA . ET . M . EPPIUS . CLEMENS . CONIUGI . BENE . MERYTI . FEI . VARIAE . PRIMAE . F. VIXIT . ANN . XXX. [Varia Tryphosa, patron, and M. Eppius Clemens erected this to his well-beloved wife, who lived thirty years.] Close by is-- D.M.S. LIBERTI . LIBER . TAL . C. JULIUS . PHILAETUSC . JULIUS . PRYPHO) . C. JULIUS . ONESI . MUS . TULIA . EUTHI . CIA . JULIA . HELPIS . JULIA . CLAPHURA . FECERUNT. Inside the second, _in situ_, is the inscription-- ONESIMUS . A . PORTICU. The first columbaria was for the servants or officers of the imperial family, and dates from Augustus to Nero, both inclusive. The second dates from Julius Cæsar to Tiberius. The historic notices of some of those names are valuable. S. Paul, writing to the Romans from Corinth, A.D. 60, says, "Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord" (Rom. xvi. 12). Writing from Rome to the Colossians, A.D. 64, he says, "With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother" (Col. iv. 9); and to Philemon: "I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds" (Phil. 10). In Colossians i. 7: "As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant;" and in iv. 12 we have: "Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ"--who is again mentioned in Philemon: "There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus" (Phil. 23).