Porta Septimiana

The Porta Septimiana was a city gate in ancient Rome, protecting the western Tiber side as part of the Aurelian Wall. No remnants of its original construction survive.

The Porta Septimiana was one of four gates on the western Tiber side, integrated into the Aurelian Wall between 271 and 275 AD. It opened onto a riverside road, corresponding to today's Via della Lungara, connecting the developed area between the Circus Gaii et Neronis and Hadrian's Mausoleum with the protected Transtiberim. The gate was first mentioned in the 12th century. At this location on the western bank of the Tiber, Pope Alexander VI had a dilapidated ancient gate demolished and a new one erected in 1498. It is believed that the demolished gate bore an inscription of Septimius Severus. The current state of the gate dates back to 1798.