Definition: The Servian Wall (Murus Servii Tullii) was supposedly constructed by King Servius Tullius in the 6th century B.C. but is thought, on the basis of archaeological study of the building material, to date from 378 B.C., instead. The wall ran from the Tiber to the Capitoline Hill to the Quirinal, to the valley between the Quirinal and the Pincian, towards the Esquiline, to the valley between the mons Oppius and the Caelian, along the cliffs on the south and southeast of the Caelian, then probably along the southwest side of the Palatine, then south of the forum Boarium and to the Tiber at the Sublician Bridge (pons Sublicius). The Servian has 12 gates.
Source:
Murus Servii Tullii from Samuel Ball Platner (as completed and revised by Thomas Ashby):
A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome,
London: Oxford University Press, 1929.
Also Known As: Murus Servii Tullii
