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    The Servian Wall (Latin: Murus Servii Tullii; Italian: Mura Serviane) is an ancient Roman defensive barrier constructed around the city of Rome in the...
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    Emperor Aurelian. They superseded the earlier Servian Wall built during the 4th century BC. The walls enclosed all the seven hills of Rome plus the Campus...
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    sound and speed of a train. A length of the early 4th century BC Roman Servian Wall is preserved outside the station. Termini interchange station for Line...
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    The Romans called a simple rampart wall an agger; at this date great height was not necessary. The Servian Wall around Rome was an ambitious project...
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    of the island of Ventotene (still in use), was carved from tuff. The Servian Wall, built to defend the city of Rome in the fourth century BC, is also built...
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  • Servia (redirect from Servian)
    States Servian, Hérault, a commune of the Hérault département in France SS Servia, a 19th-century British ship of the Cunard Line Servian Wall, a wall built...
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    were only 1.5 to 2.5 metres (4 ft 11 in to 8 ft 2 in) thick. Rome's Servian Walls reached 3.6 and 4 metres (12 and 13 ft) in thickness and 6 to 10 metres...
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    last stand, but also by his decision to use a pile of bodies as a shield wall. Horatius was struck by enemy missiles many times including a spear in the...
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    Settimiana Tiburtina Leonine Wall Cavalleggeri Pertusa Santo Spirito Castra Praetoria Janiculum Wall Terreus Wall Romuli Wall Servian Wall Caelimontana Capena...
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    the present chapel, the Cappella Maggiore was in a ruinous state with its walls leaning. The present chapel, on the site of the Cappella Maggiore, was designed...
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    city wall to incorporate the Aventine. Others credit the same wall to Rome's sixth king, Servius Tullius. The remains known as the Servian Wall used stone...
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    road which were protected by retaining walls. The road began in the Forum Romanum, passed through the Servian Wall at the porta Capena, went through a cutting...
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    into markets (fora in Latin). Later, in the early 4th century BC, the Servian Walls were constructed to protect the seven hills. In modern Rome, five of...
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    possibly a well for it. The findspot was inside and very close to the Servian Wall, which was still maintained in the 1st century AD (possibly converted...
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    Porta Esquilina (category Gates in the Servian Wall)
    gate in the Servian Wall, of which the Arch of Gallienus is extant today. Tradition dates it back to the 6th century BC, when the Servian Wall was said to...
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    the wall. The remainder of the present-day exterior of the Colosseum is in fact the original interior wall. The surviving part of the outer wall's monumental...
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    Leonine City (redirect from Leonine Wall)
    city of Rome which, during the Middle Ages, was enclosed with the Leonine Wall, built by order of Pope Leo IV in the 9th century. This area was located...
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    Hellenistic-Persian garden style in Rome, on the Esquiline Hill, atop the Servian Wall and its adjoining necropolis. It contained terraces, libraries and other...
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    thought. The East and West walls each contain two panels, one well preserved and one represented only in fragments. The East Wall contains a poorly preserved...
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    derived from the via Flaminia, which runs between the Servian Wall and the future Aurelian Walls. This was a wide urban street (Via Lata, "Broadway"),...
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    the smallest of the Seven hills of Rome, just inside the Agger of the Servian Wall (near what are today the Piazza della Repubblica and Termini rail station)...
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    Persian gardens. The walled villa, buildings, and gardens were located on the Esquiline Hill, atop the agger of the Servian Wall and its adjoining necropolis...
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    through the Servian Wall at the Porta Capena. In subsequent centuries new construction changed the landmarks of the vicinity entirely. The wall was expanded...
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    the piazza to offset the Conservatori, creating a trapezoidal piazza. A wall and balustrade were to be built at the front of the square, giving it a firm...
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    in Rome. These were located at Porta Collina on the Quirinal. As the Servian Wall had lost its defensive function by this time and had been largely demolished...
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    at that time throughout Italy, in one large camp situated beyond the Servian Wall, on the Esquiline Hill, the Castra Praetoria. For the 2nd century, calculations...
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    the Temple of Minerva Capta or the old Sacellum of Diana, outside the Servian Wall. Some sepulchres, such as the burial chamber in Via Celimontana, just...
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    two-story house appears to have been built around an atrium, with frescoed walls and mosaic flooring, and is situated on the slope of the Palatine that overlooks...
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    ancient Roman marble mask in Rome, Italy, which stands against the left wall of the portico of the Santa Maria in Cosmedin church, at the Piazza della...
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    a military fortress in 401 and its subsequent inclusion in the Aurelian Walls by Flavius Honorius Augustus. The urns and ashes were scattered by Visigoth...
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