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The inscription on the column of Marcus Aurelius, Rome; own work
The inscription reads: SIXTUS V PONT MAX COLUMNAM HANC COCHLIDEM IMP ANTONINO DICATAM MISERE LACERAM RUINOSAMQ PRIMAE FORMAE RESTITUIT A M D LXXXIX PONT IV
Which translates as: "Pope Sixtus the fifth has rebuilt this mutilated and dilapidated column, unfortunately dedicated to emperor Antoninus, in it's original form, in the year 1589, the fourth year of his pontificate."
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