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Collīna Porta


1.

One of the gates of Rome, on the Mons Quirinalis. To this gate Hannibal rode up and threw a spear within the city (Ovid, Fast. iv. 871).


2.

The name of one of the four regiones or wards into which Rome was divided by Servius Tullius. The other three were Palatina, Suburrana, and Esquilina (Liv.v. 41).

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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 41
    • Ovid, Fasti, 4
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