PORTA NOMENTANA
a gate in the Aurelian wall from which the
VIA
NOMENTANA (q.v.) issued (DMH), 75 metres to the south-east of the
modern Porta Pia, which was erected by Pius IV in 1564. It retained its
ancient name until the thirteenth century (T in loc.); it occurs under the
form of Numantia in Magister Gregorius (
JRS 1919, 19, 46). It had two
semi-circular towers, the left-hand one of which, in brickwork attributable
to Aurelian, stands on a square brick tomb, while the right-hand one,
removed in 1827, stood upon the tomb of one Q. Haterius (
CIL vi. 1426;
see
SEPULCRUM Q. HATERII). The analogy of the porta Salaria suggests
that the curtain had three large windows over a single arch; and it is the
only example of one of Aurelian's original gates which has not been
re-faced. Immediately to the south-east there is a small postern (LF 3 ;
Jord. i. I. 355; T iii. 8;
PBS iii. 38;
x. 20; Discovery vi.
(1925),
293-295;
BC 1927, 55, 56).
