temple areas. In Rome they marked the limits of the [[pomerium]] after the city's walls were expanded further out, the course of aqueducts, and the [[cursus publicus]]. Cippi lined up in rows were also often numbered, often featuring the name of the person placing them or the distance to the nearest other cippus. The inscriptions on some cippi show that they were occasionally used as funeral memorials.

Etruscan cippi

Between 800-100 BC, cippi were used by the Etruscans

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