Aurelian Walls
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The Aurelian Walls are a line of city walls built between AD 271 and AD 275 in Rome, Italy, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Aurelian. They superseded the earlier Servian Wall built during the 4t
A section of Aurelian Wall between the Porta Ardeatina and Porta San Sebastiano
Porta Asinaria.
A section of wall near the Pyramid of Cestius.
An interior view of the Aurelian Walls near Porta San Sebastiano.
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Aurelian was a Roman emperor from 270 to 275 during the Crisis of the Third Century. During his reign, he won an unprecedented series of military victories which reunited the Roman Empire after it had
Aurelian Walls
…Aurelian Walls (Italian: Mura aureliane) are a line of city walls built between AD 271 and AD 275 in Rome, Italy, during the reign of the Roman 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 They superseded the earlier Servian Wall built during the 4th century BC.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 Martius and…
Aureus of Aurelian minted in Mediolanum (modern Milan), Italy
Antoninianus of Aurelian minted in Serdica (Bulgaria), AD 274.
Ruins of Imperial Palace at Sirmium, today in Sremska Mitrovica
Bronze bust labelled as Claudius Gothicus in the Santa Giulia Museum of Brescia (Italy). This bust has sometimes been identified as Aurelian.