COELIMONTANA PORTA (Pium), one of the gates of Rome, situated at the foot of Mount Coelius; and hence its name, thought to be the ancient Apennia by some; but this others doubt. By this gate Alaric with his Goths is said to have entered and plundered Rome.
COELIMONTANA PORTA
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