Writings at the site led experts to identify the tomb as belonging to Marcus Nonius Macrinus, one of the closest aides and generals of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

• 这座陵墓在一场台伯河的洪水后被泥沙覆盖住了，这使得大多数的纪念碑垮蹋但却使优美的装饰，大理石圆柱及碑铭免于被掠夺者和破坏者遭蹋。