South section of the walls

The Aurelian Walls were city walls built between 270 and 273 in Rome during the reign of the Roman Emperor Aurelian. The 12.5-mile-long wall was intended to defend the city from barbarian attacks. At the time, the city had been grown well beyond the old Servian Wall, built during the late 4th century BC, and had been relatively safe during the centuries of Roman expansion and consolidation. However, by the 3rd century, the menace of barbarian tribes flooding through the German frontier could not be easily stopped by the Roman Army, with the empire in a heavy crisis. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1445 KB) Aurelian Wall Southern Section Rome, Italy. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1445 KB) Aurelian Wall Southern Section Rome, Italy. ... The defensive wall of Braşov, Romania. ... Events Quintillus briefly holds power over the Roman Empire, and is succeeded by Aurelian Vandals and Sarmatians driven out of Roman territory Romans leave Utrecht after regular invasions of Germanic people. ... Events Under the command of Emperor Aurelian, the Roman Army sacks the city of Palmyra. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1,285 km²  (496. ... Roman Emperor is the term historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... Lucius Domitius Aurelianus (September 9, 214–275), known in English as Aurelian, Roman Emperor (270–275), was the second of several highly successful soldier-emperors who helped the Roman Empire regain its power during the latter part of the third century and the beginning of the fourth. ... The Servian Wall now next to the railway station of Termini. ... The Roman army is the set of land-based military forces employed by the Roman Kingdom, Roman republic and later Roman empire as part of the Roman military. ... Crisis of the Third Century (also known as the Military Anarchy or the Imperial Crisis ) is a commonly applied name for the crumbling and near collapse of the Roman Empire between 235 and 284 caused by the three simultaneous crises of external invasion, internal civil war and economic collapse. ...

History

In order to quickly build the wall, to save money, and to further fortify the structure, many existing buildings were included in the Wall, including the Amphitheatrum Castrense, the Pyramid of Cestius, and a section of the Aqua Claudia aqueduct near the Porta Maggiore. While the Aurelian Wall seems not to have been built along the Tiber River, which forms a natural barrier, a salient enclosed part of the Transtiberim (trastevere) across the river. The Amphitheatrum Castrense is a Roman amphitheatre in Rome, next to the church of S. Croce in Gerusalemme. ... Pyramid of Cestius engraved by Giovanni Battista Piranesi The pyramid was included in the Aurelian Walls, and is close to Porta San Paolo (on the right). ... Aqua Claudia (Latin, literally the Claudian water) was an aqueduct which like the Anio Novus was begun by Caligula in 38 A.D. and completed by Claudius in 52¹. Its main springs, the Caeruleus and Curtius, were situated 300 paces to the left of the thirty-eighth milestone of the... Pont du Gard, France, a Roman era aqueduct circa 19 BC. It is one of Frances top tourist attractions at over 1. ... Oblique view of the Porta Maggiore, showing the aqueduct channels through the gate. ... Tiber River in Rome The River Tiber (Italian Tevere), the third longest river in Italy (disputed — see talk page) at 406 km (252 miles) after the Po and the Adige, flows through the Campagna and Rome in its course from Mount Fumaiolo to the Tyrrhenian Sea, which it reaches... In military terms, a salient is a battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory. ... Logo of the rione A typical narrow alley in Trastevere seen from the lower slopes of the Gianicolo hill Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere at night Trastevere is rione XIII of Rome, on the west bank of the Tiber, south of Vatican City. ... Logo of the rione A typical narrow alley in Trastevere seen from the lower slopes of the Gianicolo hill Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere at night Trastevere is rione XIII of Rome, on the west bank of the Tiber, south of Vatican City. ...

In 401, under Honorius, the walls and the gates were improved. At this time, the Tomb of Hadrian across the Tiber was incorporated as a fortress in the city defenses. The Totila, king of Ostrogoths decided to destroy the walls in 545, to remove from the Byzantines the possibility to defend Rome in the ongoing Gothic War. According to Procopius, one-third of the walls were razed. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the popes added additional defenses to the walls to counter firearms. // Events Pope Innocent I succeeds Pope Anastasius I. The Vandals start their westward trek from Dacia and Hungary (or 400). ... Bronze coin bearing the profile of Honorius Flavius Honorius (September 9, 384–August 15, 423) was Emperor of the Western Roman Empire from 395 until his death. ... Castel SantAngelo Castel SantAngelo from the bridge. ... Totila, born in Treviso, was king of the Ostrogoths, chosen after the death of his uncle Ildibad, having engineered the assassination of Ildibads short-lived successor his cousin Eraric in 541. ... Map of Ostrogothic Kingdom The Ostrogoths (Greuthung, Gleaming Goths or Eastern Goths), in distinction from the Visigoths (Noble Goths or Western Goths), were a Germanic tribe that influenced political events of the late Roman Empire. ... Motto: Βασιλεύς Βασιλέων Βασιλεύων Βασιλευόντων (Greek: King of Kings Ruling Over Rulers)[] Byzantine Empire at its greatest extent c. ... Combatants Eastern Roman Empire Ostrogoths Franks Visigoths Commanders Belisarius Narses Mundalias Germanus Justinus Liberius Theodoric the Great Witigis Totila The Gothic War (535–552), was the nearly 17-year result of Justinians decision in 535 to reverse the course of events of the past century in the West and... Procopius (in Greek Προκόπιος, c. ... The current Pope is Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger), who was elected at the age of 78 on 19 April 2005. ...

The Aurelian Wall continued as a significant military defense for the city of Rome until September 20, 1870, when the Bersaglieri of the Kingdom of Italy breached the wall near the Porta Pia. September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... The Bersaglieri are a corps of the Italian army created by General Alessandro Lamarmora in 1836. ... There have been several entities known as the Kingdom of Italy. ... The internal face of Porta Pia Porta Pia, new gate in the Aurelian Walls. ...

Due to the need to maintain its defensive ability through the centuries, the Aurelian Wall remains remarkably well-preserved today, especially in its southern extent. The Museo delle Mura near the Porta San Sebastiano offers information on its construction and how the defenses operated. Arch of Drusus Gate in the Aurelian Wall of Rome, through which the Via Ardeatina or, more generally, the Via Appia, leaves Rome. ...

The later Protestant Cemetery is near the walls. Shelleys Tomb in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome, an 1873 painting by Walter Crane. ...

Gates

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Porta Tiburtina

List of gates (porte), from the northernmost and clockwise: Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Wikimedia Commons logo by Reid Beels The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (739x1024, 79 KB) Summary External facade of Porta Tiburtina or Porta San Lorenzo, Rome. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (739x1024, 79 KB) Summary External facade of Porta Tiburtina or Porta San Lorenzo, Rome. ...

• Porta del Popolo – here begins via Flaminia
• Porta Pinciana
• Porta Salaria – here begins via Salaria
• Porta Pia – here begins the new via Nomentana
• Porta Nomentana – here began the old via Nomentana
• Porta Praetoriana – old entrance to Castra Praetoria, the camp of the Praetorian Guard
• Porta Tiburtina – here begins via Tiburtina
• Porta Maggiore – here three aqueducts meet, and via Praenestina begins
• Porta San Giovanni – near Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano
• Porta Asinaria – here begins the old via Tuscolana
• Porta Metronia
• Porta Latina – here begins via Latina
• Porta San Sebastiano – here begins Appian Way
• Porta Ardeatina
• Porta San Paolo – next to the Pyramid of Cestius, leading to Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura, here via Ostiense begins

Gates in Trastevere (from the southernmost and clockwise): The Piazza del Popolo, looking west from the Pincio. ... The Via Flaminia was a Roman road leading from Rome to Ariminum (Rimini), and was the most important route to the north. ... Via Salaria, an ancient Roman road in Italy, which eventually ran from Rome (from Porta Salaria of the Aurelian Walls) to Castrum Truentinum (Porto dAscoli) on the Adriatic coast, a distance of 242 km, via Reate (Rieti) and Asculum (Ascoli Piceno). ... The internal face of Porta Pia Porta Pia, new gate in the Aurelian Walls. ... Via Nomentana, an ancient road of Italy, leading N.E. from Rome to Nomentum, a distance of 23 km (14 miles). ... Castra Praetoria are the ancient barracks (castra) of the Praetorian Guard of Imperial Rome. ... The Praetorian Guard of Augustus - 1st century. ... Porta Tiburtina today, view from outside the Aurelian Walls. ... Via Tiburtina, an ancient road of Italy, leading east northeast from Rome to Tibur, a distance of about 18 miles. ... Oblique view of the Porta Maggiore, showing the aqueduct channels through the gate. ... Palestrina (ancient Praeneste) was and is a very ancient city of Latium (modern Lazio) 23 miles (37 km) east of Rome, and was reached by the Via Praenestina (see below). ... The late Baroque façade of the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano was completed by Alessandro Galilei in 1735 after winning a competition for the design. ... The Via Latina, or the Latin Way, was a Roman road of Italy, running southeast from Rome for about 200 km. ... Arch of Drusus Gate in the Aurelian Wall of Rome, through which the Via Ardeatina or, more generally, the Via Appia, leaves Rome. ... Remains of the Appian Way in Rome, Italy More Remains of the Appian Way in Rome, Italy The Appian Way (Latin: Via Appia) was the most important ancient Roman road. ... The Porta San Paolo is one of the southern gates in the ancient but well-preserved 3rd century Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. ... Pyramid of Cestius engraved by Giovanni Battista Piranesi The pyramid was included in the Aurelian Walls, and is close to Porta San Paolo (on the right). ... ... Via Ostiensis (Italian: via Ostiense) was an important road in ancient Rome. ...

• Porta Portuensis
• Porta Aurelia Pancraziana
• Porta Septimiana
• Porta Aurelia-Sancti Petri

Landmarks of Rome

Apollo Belvedere | Ara Pacis | Aurelian Walls | Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore | Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls | Basilica of St. John Lateran | Baths of Caracalla | La Bocca della Verità | Capitoline Hill | Castel Sant'Angelo | Colosseum | Esposizione Universale Roma | Ghetto | Laocoön and his Sons | Largo di Torre Argentina | Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II | Obelisks in Rome | Palatine Hill | Palazzo Barberini | Palazzo Farnese | Pantheon | Piazza Navona | Quirinal Hill | Roman Forum | Santa Maria in Trastevere | Servian Wall | Sistine Chapel | Spanish Steps | St. Peter's Basilica | Tiber Island | Trevi Fountain | Villa Borghese Image File history File linksMetadata Roma01. ... Originally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1,285 km²  (496. ... Apollo Belvedere in Museo Pio-Clementino. ... The Ara Pacis Augustae The Ara Pacis Augustae (Latin for Altar of Augustan Peace, and commonly shortened to Ara Pacis) is an altar to Peace, envisioned as a Roman goddess. ... The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore is the largest church in Rome dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. ... Statue in front of the Basilica Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura — also known in English as the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls — is one of five churches considered to be the great ancient basilicas of Rome, Italy. ... The late Baroque façade of the Basilica of St. ... The Baths of Caracalla, in 2003 The Baths of Caracalla were Roman public baths, or thermae, built in Rome between 212 and 216 AD, during the reign of the Emperor Caracalla. ... The Mouth of Truth La Bocca della Verità (Italian, the Mouth of Truth) is a river god that used to be a drain cover, but since the Middle ages, has served as a lie detector. ... Piazza del Campidoglio, on the top of Capitoline Hill, with the façade of Palazzo Senatorio. ... Castel SantAngelo from the bridge. ... The Colosseum by night: exterior view of the best-preserved section. ... Palazzo dei Congressi The Esposizione Universale Roma (E.U.R.) is a large complex, built in 1935 by Benito Mussolini as symbol of fascism for the world; he wanted to expand the new Rome in the west, to connect it to the sea. ... The Roman Ghetto was located in the area surrounded by todays Via del Portico dOttavia, Lungotevere dei Cenci, Via del Progresso and Via di Santa Maria del Pianto close to the Tiber and the Theatre of Marcellus, in Rome, Italy. ... Statue of Laocoön and his Sons, Vatican Museums, Rome The statue of Laocoön and his Sons, also called the Laocoön Group, is a monumental marble sculpture, now in the Vatican Museums, Rome. ... Largo di Torre Argentina, Temple A (to Juturna), with part of Temple B on the left. ... The monument of Victor Emmanuel II Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II (Monument of Victor Emmanuel II) or Altare della Patria (Altar of the Nation) or Il Vittoriano is a monument located in Rome, Italy. ... There are eight ancient Egyptian and five ancient Roman obelisks in Rome, together with a number of more modern obelisks. ... 17th century aviaries on the hill, built by Rainaldi for Odoardo Cardinal Farnese: once wirework cages surmounted them. ... In Palazzo Barberini, which still dominates Piazza Barberini, Rione Trevi, Rome, three great architects worked to create a harmonious whole: Carlo Maderno, who began it in 1627, his nephew and assistant Francesco Borromini, working on his first important commission, and a young sculptor, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. ... A mid-18th century engraving of Palazzo Farnese by Giuseppe Vasi Palazzo Farnese, Rome (housing the French Embassy), is the most imposing Italian palace of the sixteenth century (Sir Banister Fletcher) (1). ... Facade of the Pantheon The Pantheon (Latin Pantheon[1], from Greek Pantheion, meaning Temple of all the Gods) is a building in Rome which was originally built as a temple to the seven deities of the seven planets in the state religion of Ancient Rome, but which has been a... Fountain of the four Rivers with Egyptian obelisk, in the middle of Piazza Navona Piazza Navona is a square in Rome. ... An etching of the Hill, crowned by the mass of the Palazzo del Quirinale, from a series I Sette Colli di Roma antica e moderna published in 1827 by Luigi Rossini (1790 - 1857): his view, from the roof of the palazzo near the Trevi Fountain that now houes the Accademia... This page refers to the main forum in the centre of Rome. ... Santa Maria in Trastevere is one of the oldest churches in Rome. ... The Servian Wall now next to the railway station of Termini. ... The Sistine Chapel (Italian: Cappella Sistina) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope, in the Vatican City. ... The Spanish Steps in Rome. ... The Basilica of Saint Peter from Castel SantAngelo. ... A view from the south on the Tiber Island. ... Trevi Fountain at night. ... Villa Borghese: the 19th century Temple of Aesculapius built purely as a landscape feature, influenced by the lake at Stourhead, Wiltshire, England. ...