It was traditionally believed that the site of the martyrdom of Saint Peter, described as "ad Therebintum inter duas metas...in Vaticano", was placed either between the "Therebintus" and the Meta Romuli, or between the latter and the obelisk of the Circus of Nero, or - in a larger context - in the mid-point between the Meta Romuli and the pyramid of Cestius, that is the place on the "Janiculum" hill called "Montorio", where in the Renaissance Donato Bramante built the Tempietto di San Pietro; consequently, the pyramid was represented for centuries in the depictions of St. Peter's martyrdom.