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Serapeus Macellum or Serapis Temple is so called because in 1750, during the excavations, here a statue of the Egyptian god Serapis was found; they believed it was a temple but actually it was the macellum or the city market (I - II c. b.C.) linked to the harbour area. Around the three remained columns of grey cipolin marble there were 36 shops; the columns have still clear traces of the holes made by lithodomu (marine molluscs) and show the effects of bradyseism (slow upward and downward movement of the earth). The main entrance of the macellum was on the sea side. What remains of the marble floor and the decoration of the toilets show the decorative and architectonic greatness of the building.
It was indeed one of the most marvelleus buildings of the city .