Porta Settimiana

The Porta Septimiana was one built by four gates of the western side of the Tiber in Rome, part of the 271-275 AD Aurelian Walls in Rome were. The gate opened to a road that ran along the Tiber and corresponded with the present Via della Lungara. It linked the built-up area between the Circus GAII et Neronis, the Circus of Caligula built on the Vatican Hill, and the Hadrian's Mausoleum to the wall protected Transtiberim.

Mention the gate was for the first time in the 12th century. It was at that point on the west bank of the Tiber, the ripa Veientana, at the Pope Alexander VI. in 1498 demolish a dilapidated ancient gate and a new erected. This torn gate shall have borne an inscription of Septimius Severus. The present state of the gate is from the year 1798.

An allusion to the name of the gate is to be found in the Historia Augusta, in which it is, the Baths of Septimius Severus befänden located "near the door of his name ." The name was probably given as a reminder of the buildings of Septimius Severus, who had lost in this area by building the Aurelian Walls their functions, because the course of the Wall they average. Whether the name can be attributed to Aurelian itself or on a popular naming by the population remains unclear. It is even possible that a throwback to a severisches door, which opened to the buildings of Septimius Severus, was present or such a goal has been integrated into the wall. Remains of the original building have not survived.