Porta Tiburtina

The Porta Tiburtina, now Porta San Lorenzo ( also Porta Taurina ), is a goal of the Aurelian Walls of Rome. Through the gate ran the Via Tiburtina, Via Tiburtina Antica today after Tibur (modern-day Tivoli) leading road. Its modern name is the gate of the Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le mura.

The Porta Tiburtina goes back to a monumental arch of travertine from Tivoli, crossed with the three aqueducts, the Aqua Iulia, Aqua Marcia and Aqua Tepula, the Via Tiburtina. The arch was built in 5 BC under Emperor Augustus. In 271 AD, began building the Aurelian Walls, the sheet was included in the course of the Wall, flanked by two towers, and thus to the city gate. With a gain of the wall under Honorius ( 401/402 AD), a second archway on the inside front of the existing has been set. This supplement, Pope Pius IX. 1869 remove.

There are several inscriptions that relate to construction work on the water lines and the gate at the Porta Tiburtina.