The Colline Gate (
Latin
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''Porta Collina'') was a landmark in
ancient Rome
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, supposed to have been built by
Servius Tullius, semi-legendary
king of Rome 578–535 BC. The gate stood at the north end of the
Servian Wall, and past it were two important streets, the
Via Salaria and
Via Nomentana. Within this area the
Alta Semita linked the
Quirinal with the
Porta Carmentalis. Several temples were located near the gate, including temples of
Venus Erycina and
Fortuna. To a person facing the gate in the 4th century AD, the
Gardens of Sallust would have been on the left, with the
Baths of Diocletian on the right.
Plutarch
Plutarch (; , ''Ploútarchos'', ; – 120s) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo (Delphi), Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his ''Parallel Lives'', ...
says that, when a
Vestal was punished for violating her vow of chastity, the subterranean chamber for her live burial was near the Colline Gate. The gate was the
site of a decisive battle during the
Roman civil wars of the 80s BC between the forces of
Cinna and
Sulla.
[Michael Lovano, ''The Age of Cinna: Crucible of Late Republican Rome'' (Franz Steiner Verlag, 2002), p. 129ff.]
online.
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References
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Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Rome
Gates in the Servian Wall