Aurelian
Wall
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Porta S. Paolo (site of the ancient
Porta Ostiensis) with feral cats of the Pyramid of Cestius
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Porta Asinaria, with flea market
Photos
courtesy and ©1997 Leo Curran, Maecenas: Images of
Ancient Greece and Rome
The Aurelian Wall was built beginning in
271 A. D. around Rome. It was completed under Probus in 280 A. D. The walls are more than
12 miles long and 60 feet tall. The wall was built of brick-faced concrete. Every fifteen
yards a tower was built. Emperior Maxentius in 306-312 A. D. doubled the height of the
wall.
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