Babuino (baboon) fountain at Via del Babuino. The much eroded figure of Silenus has been a 'talking statue' for a long time. H.V. Morton wrote in 1966 in 'The waters of Rome': 'There is still something vigorous and indignant in the attitude of the statue, as if he would like to spring up and chastise the rude boys who cover the wall behind him with their graffiti.'