The Names of the 16 Aurelian Gates
Public Domain Photo of the Porta Asinaria; Courtesy of Lalupa.
The Aurelian Gates were built by a third century emperor called Aurelian (Lucius Domitius Aurelianus) who ruled the Roman Empire from 270-275 A.D. He built the Aurelian Walls to enclose the 7 hills, the Campus Martius and part of the West Bank of the Tiber. In the Aurelian Walls were the Aurelian Gates listed below.
Map Showing the Placement of the Aurelian Wall Gates
There was an article on the collapse of part of the wall on Easter Sunday 2001 from BBC News (news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1280000/1280611.stm): "A six-metre high section of the Aurelian Wall between the two ancient gates of Porta Latina and Porta St Sebasstiano was reduced to a pile of rubble on Sunday evening."
- Latina
- Septimiana
- Flaminia
- Pinciana
- Salaria
- Nomentana
- Chiusa
- Tiburtina
- Praenestina
- Asinaria
- Metrovia
- Appia Now Porta St Sebasstiano.
- Ardeatina
- Ostiensis
- Portuensis
- Aurelia
Pomoerium
From Bill Thayer's site, a page from Platner's A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome on the boundary of the city of Rome.
Aurelian Wall
Short Encyclopedia Britannica article on the wall with 16 gates.
