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Arch of Dolabella |
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The Arch of Dolabella is in fact one of the gates of the Servian
wall, which surrounded Rome from the fourth century BCE. Its
real name was Porta Caelimontana. The travertine part, however, was reconstructed
by the consuls
of the year 10 CE, Publius Cornelius Dolabella and Gaius Junius Silanus.
(At the same time, the emperor Augustus
ordered the reconstruction of another ancient gate, later known as the
Arch
of Gallienus.)
The brick upper parts of this monument was the substructure of the Aqua Claudia, an aqueduct to serve Nero's Golden House, built after 64. A satellite photo can be found here. The Arch of Dolabella gives access to the picturesque street known as Clivus Scauri. |
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