The tomb’s primary architect was Decriannus, who took inspiration from the Mausoleum of Augustus (which one can also still visit today). It in turn was inspired by the tomb of Alexander the Great.

The Mausoleum of Augustus, the Buogari Hotel, the domes, the roofs, the Tiber river. Panoramic aerial view of the center of Rome. The Mausoleum of Augustus, the Buogari Hotel, the domes, the roofs, ...

Tomb of Cecilia Metella mausoleum stock illustrations "19th-century engraving of the Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome, Italy. Published in Systematische Bilder-Gallerie, Karlsruhe und Freiburg (1839)." ...