Regio I Porta Capena
The Regio I Porta Capena is the first 14 regions of Augustan Rome, regio of imperial Rome, under Augustus's administrative reform. Regio I took its name from the Porta Capena ("Gate to Capua"), a gate of the Servian Walls, through which the Appian Way entered the city prior to the construction of the Aurelian Walls. Geographic extent and important features Bordered to the north by the Via Appia as it passed between the Palatine Hill and the Caelian Hill, Regio I stretched through the ancient Porta Capena either to at least the boundary of the future Aurelian Walls, and possibly originally beyond the Porta Appia. Including areas that were traversed by the Via Appia and the Via Latina, the boundary eventually turned back towards the ancient city until it returned back to the Caelian Hill. Prior to the construction of the Aurelian Walls, it is unclear how far along the Via Appia Regio I continued. A measurement taken at the end of the 4th century recorded that the perimeter of the reg ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]