Little Work on the Wonders of the New and Old City of Rome

OF THE CITY

Quirinal

The fourth is the Quirinal Gate, named after the shrine of Quirinus or from the Quirinal Hill. This same gate was called the Aegonensian after Mount Aegonus A term sometimes used in antiquity for the Quirinal hill; but later it was called the Salarian Gate, as it is named today from salt Latin: sal. This was the starting point of the Via Salaria, the road used to bring salt from the Adriatic coast to Rome..

Viminal

The fifth is the Nomentan Gate, named after the town of Nomentum. Later it was called the Viminal Gate from the abundance of osiers Latin: vimina; flexible willow branches used for basket weaving found there; however, it is now called the Gate of Saint Agnes.

Esquiline

The sixth is the Esquiline Gate, later called the Tiburtine, and then the Taurine Gate from the head of a bull Latin: caput tauri. This refers to a bull's head carved on the gate's frieze.. It is now called the Gate of Saint Lawrence outside the walls. Pomponius Laetus A famous 15th-century Roman humanist and archaeologist who sought to revive ancient Roman customs. says the original Esquiline gate is now closed, along with the gate between the embankments.

Labican

The seventh is the Labican Gate, also known as the Nevian Gate from the Nevian grove. It is now called the Porta Maggiore The "Greater Gate," so named because of its massive size and the fact that it supports two major aqueducts.. Upon it, many letters a cubit long Approximately 18 inches or 45 centimeters in height. are visible, as I shall discuss in the section on aqueducts.

Asinarian

The eighth is the Asinarian Gate, though some say it was called the Caelimontane and the Septimian. However, in ancient times, the Caelimontane Gate was located between the Asinarian and the Metrodii Gate, but it remained closed during the restoration of the walls. Now, it is called the Gate of Saint John.

Gabiusan

The ninth was called the Gabiusan Gate, which is now closed within the wall; some call it the Metrodii Gate.

Latin

The tenth is the Latin Gate, which is still called by that name today, located not far from the church of Saint John the Evangelist on the Via Latina.

Capena

The eleventh is the Capena Gate, which was later called the Appian Gate. Now, however, it is called the Gate of Saint Sebastian.

Trigemina

The twelfth was called the Trigemina Meaning "Triple Gate." or the Ostian Gate, as Frontinus Sextus Julius Frontinus, a 1st-century AD Roman civil engineer and author of a famous treatise on Rome's aqueducts. prefers. It is now called the Gate of Saint Paul.