▁The ▁ins cription ▁on ▁the ▁stone ▁mentions ▁a ▁commander ▁of ▁the ▁e ighth ▁August in ian ▁leg ion ▁under ▁V esp as ian ▁and ▁Tit us ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁a ▁super visor ▁of ▁the ▁Via ▁A ure lia ▁and ▁the ▁Via ▁Corn elia . ▁ ▁Location ▁▁ ▁Form er ly , ▁it ▁was ▁err one ously , ▁but ▁generally ▁accepted , ▁that ▁the ▁southern ▁walls ▁of ▁St . ▁Peter ' s ▁Bas il ica ▁rest ed ▁on ▁the ▁northern ▁walls ▁of ▁N ero ’ s ▁Circ us , ▁and ▁that ▁a ▁street ▁ran ▁north ▁of ▁the ▁circ us ▁under ▁the ▁bas il ica ▁( see ▁figure ). ▁Ex c av ations ▁of ▁the ▁bas il ica ▁and ▁surrounding ▁area , ▁however , ▁have ▁shown ▁that ▁this ▁was ▁not ▁entirely ▁correct . ▁An ▁exc av ation ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 6 ▁in ▁the ▁Pia zza ▁San ▁Pietro ▁discovered ▁traces ▁of ▁a ▁road ▁that ▁may ▁be ▁the ▁post - Const antin ian ▁Via ▁Corn elia . ▁A ▁fragment ▁of ▁pre - Const antin ian ▁p aved ▁road ▁along ▁the ▁same ▁alignment ▁also ▁was ▁found ▁at ▁the ▁south west ▁corner ▁of ▁the ▁bas il ica . ▁▁ ▁It ▁is ▁ ▁now ▁ ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁Via ▁Corn elia ▁came ▁from ▁the ▁east ▁and ▁ran ▁west , ▁g ently ▁rising ▁near ▁the ▁present ▁southern most ▁f ount ain ▁in ▁Saint ▁Peter ' s ▁Square . ▁S light ly ▁before ▁this ▁point ▁the ▁Via ▁A ure lia ▁for ked ▁off ▁from ▁it ▁and ▁head ed ▁south west