Roman Emperor Aurelian City Walls

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For over five centuries, the Roman Empire was seemingly secure and safe. There were no needs for external city defenses or fortified structure. The reigns of most emperors, however short they had been, from the early 400’s BC to the late 200’s AD, were placidly peaceful. The times were dedicated to prosperity and growth, enjoyment and economy fortifications. Of the five “Good Emperors”, two built walls that protected their city from potential menaces and saved her from enemy invasions and destructions.
However, in the early year of the 200 AD, the Emperor Aurelian started seeing the need for security in face of the Germanic tribes attacking.
The point of this essay is to discern the various aspects surrounding the walls themselves. First …show more content…

The walls were built approximately between 271 AD and 275 AD. The Roman Emperor Aurelian, from whom they hold their name, and continued at his death by his successor Probus, built them. The Roman museum consecrated to the walls says “[at their construction], the new enclosing wall had a perimeter of about 19 km and was constructed of sections of wall about 6.5 meters in height, with a parapet walkway along the top, punctuated every thirty meters by higher towers and 12 main entrance gates, covered by terraces.” (Virgili, P., Officer for Monuments and Archaeological Areas of Suburbia in …show more content…

Picture D: The Aqua Claudia Aqueduct.
The first city surrounding structures to be recognized, with very little evidence of their remains scavenged, are Romulus’ walls, built more than 2700 years ago. Historians say that the Walls were 4 sided, surrounding the immediate vicinity of the Palatine Hill and delimiting the city limits. Because of how little of their remains was excavated, it is difficult to know with certainty where, when and how they were built. It is still unknown if the first walls were meant as a protective feature or simply as a limit around a newly set city. (Richmond, I. A.)
During the 4th Century BC, a second wall was constructed. The Servian wall was presumably named after the Republican Roman Emperor, Servius Tullius. After a harsh battle against Gauls, the city of Rome was threatened and it is possibly the reason Servius Tullius had the walls built. Several historians have argued that the easiness with which the invaders ransacked Rome could prove that the city did not have fortified walls or any defensive structure before Servius Tullius implanted his. (Pepper,

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