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The Servian Wall (Murus Servii Tullii; Mura Serviane) was an ancient Roman defensive barrier constructed around the city of Rome in the early 4th century BC. [1]

57 relations: Agger (ancient Rome), Ancient Roman defensive walls, Ancient Rome, Appian Way, Arab raid against Rome, Arch of Dolabella, Augustus, Aurelian, Aurelian Walls, Aventine Hill, Battle of the Allia, Brennus (4th century BC), Campus Martius, Capitoline Hill, Capua, Carthage, Catapult, Defensive wall, Esquiline Hill, Feint, Forum Boarium, Gaius Junius Silanus, Gallienus, Gauls, Hannibal, McDonald's, Museo delle Mura, Porta Caelimontana, Porta Capena, Porta Carmentalis, Porta Collina, Porta Esquilina, Porta Fontinalis, Porta Querquetulana, Porta Trigemina, Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 10), Quirinal Hill, Roma Termini railway station, Roman Empire, Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, Second Punic War, Servius Tullius, Tiber, Tuff, Veii, Via Ardeatina, Via Aurelia, Via del Corso, Via Labicana, ..., Via Latina, Via Ostiensis, Via Praenestina, Via Salaria, Via Tiburtina, Viminal Hill, 14 regions of Augustan Rome. Expand index (7 more) »

Agger (ancient Rome)

An agger is an ancient Roman embankment or rampart, or any artificial elevation.

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Ancient Roman defensive walls

Defensive walls are a feature of ancient Roman architecture.

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Ancient Rome

In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire.

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Appian Way

The Appian Way (Latin and Italian: Via Appia) is one of the earliest and strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic.

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Arab raid against Rome

The Arab raid against Rome took place in 846.

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Arch of Dolabella

The Arch of Dolabella and Silanus (Latin, Arcus Dolabellae et Silani) or Arch of Dolabella is an ancient Roman arch.

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Augustus

Augustus (Augustus; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD) was a Roman statesman and military leader who was the first Emperor of the Roman Empire, controlling Imperial Rome from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.

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Aurelian

Aurelian (Lucius Domitius Aurelianus Augustus; 9 September 214 or 215September or October 275) was Roman Emperor from 270 to 275.

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Aurelian Walls

The Aurelian Walls (Mura aureliane) are a line of city walls built between 271 AD and 275 AD in Rome, Italy, during the reign of the Roman Emperors Aurelian and Probus.

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Aventine Hill

The Aventine Hill (Collis Aventinus; Aventino) is one of the Seven Hills on which ancient Rome was built.

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Battle of the Allia

The Battle of the Allia was fought between the Senones (one of the Gallic tribes which had invaded northern Italy) and the Roman Republic.

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Brennus (4th century BC)

Brennus (or Brennos) was a chieftain of the Senones.

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Campus Martius

The Campus Martius (Latin for the "Field of Mars", Italian Campo Marzio), was a publicly owned area of ancient Rome about in extent.

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Capitoline Hill

The Capitoline Hill (Mōns Capitōlīnus; Campidoglio), between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

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Capua

Capua is a city and comune in the province of Caserta, Campania, southern Italy, situated north of Naples, on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain.

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Carthage

Carthage (from Carthago; Punic:, Qart-ḥadašt, "New City") was the center or capital city of the ancient Carthaginian civilization, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now the Tunis Governorate in Tunisia.

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Catapult

A catapult is a ballistic device used to launch a projectile a great distance without the aid of explosive devices—particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines.

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Defensive wall

A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors.

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Esquiline Hill

The Esquiline Hill (Collis Esquilinus; Esquilino) is one of the celebrated Seven Hills of Rome.

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Feint

Feint is a French term that entered English via the discipline of swordsmanship and fencing.

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Forum Boarium

The Forum Boarium (Foro Boario) was the cattle forum venalium of Ancient Rome.

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Gaius Junius Silanus

Gaius Junius Silanus was a Roman consul in 10 AD.

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Gallienus

Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus Augustus; c. 218 – 268), also known as Gallien, was Roman Emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268.

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Gauls

The Gauls were Celtic people inhabiting Gaul in the Iron Age and the Roman period (roughly from the 5th century BC to the 5th century AD).

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Hannibal

Hannibal Barca (𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤓𐤒 ḥnb‘l brq; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general, considered one of the greatest military commanders in history.

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McDonald's

McDonald's is an American fast food company, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.

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Museo delle Mura

The Museo delle Mura ("museum of the walls") is an archaeological museum in Rome, Italy.

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Porta Caelimontana

The Porta Caelimontana or Celimontana was a gate in the Servian Wall on the rise of the Caelian Hill (Caelius Mons).

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Porta Capena

The Porta Capena was a gate in the Servian Wall near the Caelian Hill, in Rome, Italy according to Roman tradition the sacred grove where Numa Pompilius and the nymph Egeria would meet.

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Porta Carmentalis

The Porta Carmentalis was a double gate in the Servian Walls of ancient Rome.

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Porta Collina

The Colline Gate (Latin Porta Collina) was a landmark in ancient Rome, supposed to have been built by Servius Tullius, semi-legendary king of Rome 578–535 BC.

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Porta Esquilina

The Porta Esquilina (or Esquiline Gate) was a gate in the Servian Wall Platner, S.B. and Ashby, T. A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome.

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Porta Fontinalis

The Porta Fontinalis was a gate in the Servian Wall in ancient Rome.

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Porta Querquetulana

The Porta Querquetulana or Querquetularia was a gateway in the Servian Wall, named after the sacred grove of the Querquetulanae adjacent to and just within it.

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Porta Trigemina

The Porta Trigemina was one of the main gates in the ancient 4th century Servian Wall of Rome, Italy.

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Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 10)

Publius Cornelius Dolabella (fl. 10–47 AD) was a Roman senator active during the Principate.

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Quirinal Hill

The Quirinal Hill (Collis Quirinalis; Quirinale) is one of the Seven Hills of Rome, at the north-east of the city center.

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Roma Termini railway station

Roma Termini (in Italian, Stazione Termini) is the main railway station of Rome, Italy.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire (Imperium Rōmānum,; Koine and Medieval Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, tr.) was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Africa and Asia.

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Roman Kingdom

The Roman Kingdom, or regal period, was the period of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a monarchical form of government of the city of Rome and its territories.

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Roman Republic

The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom, traditionally dated to 509 BC, and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire.

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Second Punic War

The Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC), also referred to as The Hannibalic War and by the Romans the War Against Hannibal, was the second major war between Carthage and the Roman Republic and its allied Italic socii, with the participation of Greek polities and Numidian and Iberian forces on both sides.

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Servius Tullius

Servius Tullius was the legendary sixth king of Rome, and the second of its Etruscan dynasty.

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Tiber

The Tiber (Latin Tiberis, Italian Tevere) is the third-longest river in Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio, where it is joined by the river Aniene, to the Tyrrhenian Sea, between Ostia and Fiumicino.

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Tuff

Tuff (from the Italian tufo) is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption.

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Veii

Veii (also Veius, Veio) was an important ancient Etruscan city situated on the southern limits of Etruria and only north-northwest of Rome, Italy.

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Via Ardeatina

Via Ardeatina was an ancient road of Rome leading to the town of Ardea, after which it is named.

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Via Aurelia

The Via Aurelia (Latin for "Aurelian Way") was a Roman road in Italy constructed in approximately 241 BC.

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Via del Corso

The Via del Corso (ancient Via Lata, the urban stretch of Via Flaminia), is a main street in the historical centre of Rome.

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Via Labicana

The Via Labicana was an ancient road of Italy, leading east-southeast from Rome.

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Via Latina

The Via Latina (Latin: "Latin Road") was a Roman road of Italy, running southeast from Rome for about 200 kilometers.

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Via Ostiensis

The Via Ostiensis (via Ostiense) was an important road in ancient Rome.

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Via Praenestina

The Via Praenestina (modern Italian: Via Prenestina) was an ancient Roman road in central Italy.

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Via Salaria

The Via Salaria was an ancient Roman road in Italy.

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Via Tiburtina

Via Tiburtina is an ancient road in Italy leading east-northeast from Rome to Tivoli (Latin, Tibur) and then on to Pescara (Latin, Aternum).

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Viminal Hill

The Viminal Hill (Collis Viminalis; Viminale) is the smallest of the famous Seven Hills of Rome.

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14 regions of Augustan Rome

In 7 BC, Augustus divided the city of Rome into 14 administrative regions (Latin regiones, sing. regio).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servian_Wall

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