Creative illustration. History of Rome. Ancient Rome. A Roman chariot along the ancient Appian Way near the Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella. The Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella and the castrum Caetani constitute an archaeological continuum, which is located in Rome, just before the third mile of the Via Appia Antica, just after the complex of the circus, from the villa, and the tomb of the son of Emperor Maxentius Valerio Romolo.