The Porta Cornelia,
in the Campus Martius, was the entry gate of the Ælius bridge. In the foreground , Hadrian’s Mausoleum in a bird’s eye view.
The Porta Triomphalis,
close to the Porta Cornelia. Opposite, the Nero bridge that leads to the Vatican valley.
The Porta Septimiana
and the entrance to the Trastevere. The Via Septimiana linked the Vatican valley to the Trastevere, it went alongside the Tiber and the Janiculum hill.
The Porta Portuensis
on the Via Portuensis. This gate allows to enter the Trastevere from the south side of the Tiber, opposite to the Emporium.
The Aurelian Gate
was the access to Rome for the travellers coming from the west coast. The great Aurelian road
linked Rome to Nice, it was probably built around 240 b.C. Out of the Aurelian Wall,
you notice the temples, altars and tombs, that always surrounded the sides of
the Roman roads outside the cities.
The Porta Ostiensis
on the Via Ostiensis. By going through this gate, the Romans were going towards the Aventine.
It consisted of two arcades flanked by two semicircular towers.
On the left side, notice the tomb of C. Cestius in a form of a pyramid.
The Porta Ostiensis has become St Paul’S Gate and still exists today.
The Porta Ostiensis and in perspective the Vicus Portæ Raudusculanæ.
The Porta Capena.
This gate opened in the old Servian wall,
that had been ringing Rome already since the 6th century BC.
It was through this gate that passed the famous Via Appia.
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This gate opened in the old Servian wall,
that had been ringing Rome already since the 6th century BC.
It was through this gate that passed the famous Via Appia.