Porta Asinaria
Historic site · Monti, Italy
A gate in the Aurelian wall that originally carried the Via Asinaria through a single arch between two square towers.
History
Roma Capitale records that it was monumentalised in the early fifth century under Honorius (395–423) with two semicircular towers and a travertine-faced arch, an inner counter-gate and a guard court, its towers raised to nearly double their height, to four storeys. Belisarius entered Rome by it in 536, Totila ten years later, and Henry IV during the sack.
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