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Aurelian Walls

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Tom Elliott

Last modified May 03, 2025 11:25 AM — History

The Aurelian Walls of Rome began as a fortification system built by Aurelian and Probus between 271 and 275. They enclose an area of approximately 1,400 hectares.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/529700371

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.8914730226, 12.4973490524

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Aurelian Walls (30 BC - Present) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Aurelian Walls (English, modern)
- Aurelianische Mauer (German, modern)
- Mura Aureliane (Italian, modern)

Aurelian Walls makes connections with:

Aurelian Walls succeeds Murus Servii Tullii (unspecified date range)
Aurelian Walls located at Roma (unspecified date range)
Aurelian Walls bounds Roma (unspecified date range)

Aurelian Walls receives connections from:

Mausoleum Hadriani part of (analytical) Aurelian Walls (unspecified date range)
Porta Appia part of (physical/topographic) Aurelian Walls (unspecified date range)
Porta Asinaria part of (physical/topographic) Aurelian Walls (unspecified date range)
Porta Aurelia part of (physical/topographic) Aurelian Walls (unspecified date range)
Porta Flaminia part of (physical/topographic) Aurelian Walls (unspecified date range)
Porta Latina part of (physical/topographic) Aurelian Walls (unspecified date range)
Porta Maggiore part of (physical/topographic) Aurelian Walls (unspecified date range)
Porta Metronia part of (analytical) Aurelian Walls (unspecified date range)
Porta Nomentana part of (analytical) Aurelian Walls (unspecified date range)
Porta Ostiensis part of (physical/topographic) Aurelian Walls (unspecified date range)
Porta Pinciana part of (analytical) Aurelian Walls (unspecified date range)
Porta Portuensis part of (analytical) Aurelian Walls (unspecified date range)
Porta Salaria part of (physical/topographic) Aurelian Walls (unspecified date range)
Porta Settimiana part of (analytical) Aurelian Walls (unspecified date range)
Porta Tiburtina part of (physical/topographic) Aurelian Walls (unspecified date range)
Tomb of Quintus Sulpicius Maximus located at Aurelian Walls (unspecified date range)

Place type:
wall (of a city), city wall

References:

Evidence:

SHA Aur. 21.9.3

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, and Tom Elliott, 'Aurelian Walls: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/529700371> [accessed: 15 February 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/529700371 |title=Places: 529700371 (Aurelian Walls) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=February 15, 2026 12:55 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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