Porta Collina

The Porta Collina was an ancient city gate of the Servian Wall, Rome.

She was lying on the most northern section of the city wall on the Quirinal ( collis Quirinalis ), after which it was named. At her began a agger called, strongly fortified part of the Servian Wall. Remains of the Porta Collina discovered in the 19th century during the construction of the Treasury. They were at the intersection of Via XX Settembre and Via Goito.

At the Porta Collina began two important leading north streets, Via Salaria and Via Nomentana. So the Gauls arrived at their incidence beginning of the 4th century BC by the Porta Collina to Rome Hannibal in 211 BC, pushed forward to Rome, he rode up to the Porta Collina. 82 BC Sulla and Crassus were victorious in the Battle of the Porta Collina about the advanced on Rome Samnites and Lucanians.

3 km from the Porta Salaria was the Ponte who controlled the strategically important crossing over the Aniene.

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