Porta Capēna

, a gate at Rome, which leads to the Appian road. Ovid , Fasti , bk. 6 , li. 192 .――Aurelia, a gate at Rome, which received its name from Aurelius, a consul who made a road which led to Pisæ, all along the coast of Etruria.――As in aria led to mount Cœlius. It received its name from the family of the Asinii.――Car mental is was at the foot of the capitol, built by Romulus. It was afterwards called Scelerat a , because the 300 Fabii marched through when they went to fight an enemy, and were killed near the river Cremera.――Janualis was near the temple of Janus.――Esquilina was also called Metia , Tauric a , or Lib it in ens is , and all criminals who were going to be executed generally pa ed through, as also dead bodies which were carried to be burnt on mount Esquilinus.――Flaminia, called also Flu ment an a , was situate between the capitol and mount Quirinalis, and through it the Flam in i an road pa ed.――Fontinalis led to the Campus Martius. It received its name from the great number of fountains that were near it.――Naval is was situate near the place where the ships came from Ostia.――Viminal is was near mount Viminal is.――Trigemina, called also Ostiensis , led to the town of Ostia.――Catularia was near the Car mental is Porta, at the foot of mount Viminal is.――Coll at in a received its name from its leading to Collatia.――Collina, called also Quirinalis , Agonensis , and Salaria , was near Quirinalis Mons. Annibal rode up to this gate and threw a spear into the city. It is to be observed, that at the death of Romulus there were only three or four gates at Rome, but the number was increased, and in the time of Pliny there were 37, when the circumference of the walls was 13 miles and 200 paces.