Part of the major access road into the city, an integral part of the

via heading to Santarém (from where branched roads to Porto and Braga, Évora and Merida). This segment was built during the principality of Tiberius (14-37 AD), the second Roman emperor.
During the reign of Emperor Claudius (41-54 AD), a secondary, perpendicular road was built. Also, the first tombs appeared - this area was thereafter used as a

necropolis for more than 200 years, at least until the late 3^rd century. Nine buildings, compounds and other funerary monuments were discovered, on both sides of the secondary cobbled road and very close to the main

via.
One hundred years later, near the early 4th century, stones from the

necropolis began to be removed, although people continued being buried in the area.
Finally, approaching the 5^th century, this area became rural. The remaining funerary buildings were adapted by farmers and their agricultural practices. The main road was still renovated in the early 5^th century and continued to harbour substantial movement until the mid-6^th century.
Some of the archaeological evidence found in Praça da Figueira are exhibited in the Lisbon Museum - Pimenta Palace.