Servian Wall

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Roman fortification ancient city wall defensive fortification

The Servian Wall was an early defensive fortification of ancient Rome, encircling the city with massive stone ramparts built in the 4th century BCE.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Servian Wall canonical 2
Fortifications of Rome 1
Servian Wall (city circuit traditionally linked to him) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman fortification ⓘ
ancient city wall ⓘ
defensive fortification ⓘ
actualConstructionPeriod 4th century BCE ⓘ
builtAfter Gallic sack of Rome ⓘ
builtBy Romans ⓘ
bypassedBy Aurelian Walls at Porta San Paolo ⓘ
surface form: Aurelian Walls
constructionStartCentury 4th century BCE ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
crossedBy Capena Gate ⓘ
Carmental Gate ⓘ
Collina Gate ⓘ
Esquiline Gate ⓘ
surface form: Esquilina Gate

Esquiline Gate ⓘ
Viminal Gate ⓘ
culturalContext Roman Republic ⓘ
currentUse archaeological monument ⓘ
encircled Rome ⓘ
surface form: city of Rome
era 4th century BCE Rome ⓘ
followedBy Aurelian Walls at Porta San Paolo ⓘ
surface form: Aurelian Walls
hadFeature ditch ⓘ
earth rampart ⓘ
gates ⓘ
towers ⓘ
hasRemainingSections near Termini railway station ⓘ
near the Capitoline Hill ⓘ
on the Aventine Hill ⓘ
on the Quirinal Hill ⓘ
height up to 10 meters ⓘ
heritageStatus protected archaeological site ⓘ
historicalAttribution traditionally attributed to Servius Tullius ⓘ
length approximately 11 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
materialUsed Grotta Oscura tufa ⓘ
tufa stone ⓘ
namedAfter Servius Tullius ⓘ
partOf Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: ancient Rome
periodOfUse Roman Republic ⓘ
early Roman Empire ⓘ
precededBy early city defenses of Rome ⓘ
purpose defense of Rome ⓘ
protection against invasions ⓘ
replacedEarlierStructure earthen rampart fortifications ⓘ
significance defined the urban boundary of Republican Rome ⓘ
first major stone circuit wall of Rome ⓘ
stateOfPreservation partially preserved ⓘ
thickness up to 4 meters ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Campus Martius → locatedOutside → Servian Wall ⓘ
Servius Tullius → associatedWith → Servian Wall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Servian Wall (city circuit traditionally linked to him)
Antonio da Sangallo the Younger → notableWork → Servian Wall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fortifications of Rome
Trastevere → wasOutside → Servian Wall ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Servian Wall of Rome
Battle of the Colline Gate → locatedNear → Servian Wall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Servian Wall of Rome
Porta Fontinalis → locatedIn → Servian Wall ⓘ
Porta Fontinalis → partOf → Servian Wall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Servian fortification system