Porta Capena

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 3 §22 Porta Capena

  A gate in Rome's southern wall, where the Via Appia began; a usual point for an army to muster before marching south.

• The History of Rome, Book 23 §32 at the Porta Capena

  A gate in the southern wall of Rome, where the Via Appia began; a customary mustering-point for armies marching south.

• The History of Rome, Book 25 §40 Porta Capena

  The gate of Rome at which Marcellus dedicated temples adorned with the Greek spoils of Syracuse (§40).

• The History of Rome, Book 26 §14 the Porta Capena

  The gate by which Fulvius Flaccus entered Rome with his relieving army.

• The History of Rome, Book 29 §11 Porta Capena

  The Capene Gate of Rome, by which the Appian Way left the city.

• The History of Rome, Book 38 §19 Porta Capena

  A gate of Rome, terminus of the flint road let to contract toward the temple of Mars.

• The History of Rome, Book 38 §41 Porta Capena

  The southern gate of Rome on the Appian Way, near the tomb of the Scipios.