wealthy and prominent families had large, sometimes enormous, mausoleums. the castel sant'angelo by the vatican, originally the mausoleum of hadrian, is the best preserved, as it was converted to a fortress. the tomb of the scipios was the family tomb of the scipios, located in an aristocratic cemetery, and in use from the 3rd century bc to the 1st century ad. a grand mausoleum might include bedrooms and kitchens for family visits which would include feasts. for the wealthy middle class, smaller mausolea lined the roads from cities, many of which still remain in the tombs of via latina, along the appian way, and elsewhere. the tomb of eurysaces the baker is a famous and originally very ostentatious tomb in a prime spot just outside the porta maggiore, erected for a rich freedman baker around 50–20 bc.