Most of people knows that Caesar was killed in the curia of Pompey (nowadays the archeological area of Torre Argentina), but where did his body was burned? The roman historician Appiano says that it was burned in a spot of the Roman forum at the right, watching the Foca column, of Dioscuri temple. In that poin it was built, first an altar, later a temple in honor of Caesar.
Nowadays it remains only the external circular part of the temple with some remains of the altar.
The legend says that the ashes were collected in a bronze globe that was put on the top of the obelisk that now is in S. Pietro square. Originally we know that this obelisk was into the "circus" of emperor Nero. However, no evidences of ashes were found into the globe.
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