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 They superseded the earlier Servian Wall built during the 4t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.
Arab raid against Rome
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In 846, Arab raiders plundered the outskirts of the city of Rome, sacking the basilicas of Old St Peter's and St Paul's-Outside-the-Walls, but were prevented from entering the city itself by the Aurel
Aurelian Walls
…were improved. At this time, the Tomb of Hadrian across the Tiber was incorporated as a fortress in the city defenses. The Aurelian Walls halted the Arab raid against Rome in 846 and limited the raiders' pillaging, sacking, and plundering of historic treasures to sites outside the walls, notably the basilicas of Old St…
Old St Peter's, 19th-century reconstruction