 In 338 BC, Consul Gaius Maenius erected a column that some historians believe to be from the atrium of his home which was sold to Cato and Flaccus as mentioned by Pseudo-Asconius ("Caec".50).Pliny states that the "accensus consulum" announced the "supremam horam", the time when the sun had moved downward from the Columna Maenia to the Carcer.