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4i6 PORTA SALUTARIS—PORTA SEPTIMIANA
Porta Salutaris : a gate on the Collis Salutaris (q.v.), said to have
derived its name from the temple of Salus (Fest. 326, 327). The Clivus
Salutaris (q.v.) probably led up to it, and its site was therefore just
south-west of the temple, at the upper end of the present Via della
Dataria (Jord. i. 1. 213; ii. 264; HJ 399; Hermes 1891, 142-144 ;
RhM 1894, 405, 411 ; BC 1876, 126).
Porta Sanqualis : a gate, undoubtedly in the Servian wall, named from
the temple of Semo Sancus (Fest. 343, 344, 345). It is therefore generally
located south of the site of this Temple (q.v.) on the Collis Mucialis
(q.v.), near the present Piazza Magnanapoli (RhM 1894, 410-411 ; HJ
399 ; Richter 44, 290 ; cf. Jord. i. 1. 213 ; Hermes 1891, 142-144).
Porta Salaria : a gate in the Aurelian wall, by which the Via Salaria
(q.v.) left the city (DMH ; Procop. Bell. Vandal, i. 2. 17, 22 ; BG i. 18. 19,
39 ; 19. 14 ; 22. 1-9 ; 23 passim ; 27. 6 ; 22. 27. In the first passage of BG
some MSS. and most editors read η Έΐελισαρία ωνομάσται νυν and in
BG 22. 12. Έβλισαρία. ; but Comparetti prefers Σαλαρ/α ; contrast Jord,
i. I. 354, n. 23). The two being mutually exclusive, Βελίσαρ/α, as Jordan
notes, may equally Well mean Porta Pinciana.
In GMU 87 ; R. ii. 405, it is called Porta Sancti Silvestri, because it
led to the catacombs of S. Priscilla, where he was buried, though Magister
Gregorius gives it under its correct name (JRS 1919, 19, 46). It was
flanked by two semi-circular towers of brickwork, that of the west tower
being perhaps the original work of Aurelian, below which were tombs
faced with marble, wrongly described by Nibby (Mura di Roma 321) as
bastions. The arch was of stone, with a brick arcade repaired in opus
mixtum above it.
It was seriously damaged in the capture of Rome in 1870 ; and
the removal of its remains led to the discovery under the eastern tower
of the tomb of Q. Sulpicius Maximus (see Sepulcrum Q. Sulpicii
Maximi) ; while under the western tower was the round tomb of Cornelia
L. Scipionis f. Vatieni (CIL vi. 1296). The modern gate, built in 1873,
was removed in 1921 (Jord. i. I. 354 J T iii. io-li ; PBS iii. 11 ; Mitt.
1908, 286-290).
Porta Saturnia : see Porta Pandana.
Porta Scelerata : see Porta Carmentalis.
Porta Septimiana : the modern gate of the same name, just south of the
Palazzo Corsini, on the right bank of the river. The first mention of this
gate by name is in the twelfth century (Mirab. 4), where a fanciful
etymology is given—septem Naiades iunctae Iano—which later gave rise
to still more fanciful ideas (Jord. i. I. 373 ! “· 37θ J Pr· Reg· 216-217 ;
Urlichs 92, 115, 127, 143 (Septinea), 151 ; BC 1914, 83. It was rebuilt
in 1498 by Alexander VI a fundamentis (LS i. 161), and given its present
form in 1798. It is stated that there was an inscription of Septimius
(Severus) on the arch before its reconstruction, and it is probable, there-
Porta Salutaris : a gate on the Collis Salutaris (q.v.), said to have
derived its name from the temple of Salus (Fest. 326, 327). The Clivus
Salutaris (q.v.) probably led up to it, and its site was therefore just
south-west of the temple, at the upper end of the present Via della
Dataria (Jord. i. 1. 213; ii. 264; HJ 399; Hermes 1891, 142-144 ;
RhM 1894, 405, 411 ; BC 1876, 126).
Porta Sanqualis : a gate, undoubtedly in the Servian wall, named from
the temple of Semo Sancus (Fest. 343, 344, 345). It is therefore generally
located south of the site of this Temple (q.v.) on the Collis Mucialis
(q.v.), near the present Piazza Magnanapoli (RhM 1894, 410-411 ; HJ
399 ; Richter 44, 290 ; cf. Jord. i. 1. 213 ; Hermes 1891, 142-144).
Porta Salaria : a gate in the Aurelian wall, by which the Via Salaria
(q.v.) left the city (DMH ; Procop. Bell. Vandal, i. 2. 17, 22 ; BG i. 18. 19,
39 ; 19. 14 ; 22. 1-9 ; 23 passim ; 27. 6 ; 22. 27. In the first passage of BG
some MSS. and most editors read η Έΐελισαρία ωνομάσται νυν and in
BG 22. 12. Έβλισαρία. ; but Comparetti prefers Σαλαρ/α ; contrast Jord,
i. I. 354, n. 23). The two being mutually exclusive, Βελίσαρ/α, as Jordan
notes, may equally Well mean Porta Pinciana.
In GMU 87 ; R. ii. 405, it is called Porta Sancti Silvestri, because it
led to the catacombs of S. Priscilla, where he was buried, though Magister
Gregorius gives it under its correct name (JRS 1919, 19, 46). It was
flanked by two semi-circular towers of brickwork, that of the west tower
being perhaps the original work of Aurelian, below which were tombs
faced with marble, wrongly described by Nibby (Mura di Roma 321) as
bastions. The arch was of stone, with a brick arcade repaired in opus
mixtum above it.
It was seriously damaged in the capture of Rome in 1870 ; and
the removal of its remains led to the discovery under the eastern tower
of the tomb of Q. Sulpicius Maximus (see Sepulcrum Q. Sulpicii
Maximi) ; while under the western tower was the round tomb of Cornelia
L. Scipionis f. Vatieni (CIL vi. 1296). The modern gate, built in 1873,
was removed in 1921 (Jord. i. I. 354 J T iii. io-li ; PBS iii. 11 ; Mitt.
1908, 286-290).
Porta Saturnia : see Porta Pandana.
Porta Scelerata : see Porta Carmentalis.
Porta Septimiana : the modern gate of the same name, just south of the
Palazzo Corsini, on the right bank of the river. The first mention of this
gate by name is in the twelfth century (Mirab. 4), where a fanciful
etymology is given—septem Naiades iunctae Iano—which later gave rise
to still more fanciful ideas (Jord. i. I. 373 ! “· 37θ J Pr· Reg· 216-217 ;
Urlichs 92, 115, 127, 143 (Septinea), 151 ; BC 1914, 83. It was rebuilt
in 1498 by Alexander VI a fundamentis (LS i. 161), and given its present
form in 1798. It is stated that there was an inscription of Septimius
(Severus) on the arch before its reconstruction, and it is probable, there-