Arch of Dolabella

• The Arch of Dolabella is one of the 16 Gates in the Servian Wall of Rome.
• It was originally called the Porta Caelimontana, until Consul Publius Cornelius Dolabella rebuilt the Gate and gave it his name in 10 CE.

Getting There

• Location: Via di S. Paolo della Croce, Rome.
• Nearest Metro Station: Circo Massimo, Colosseo, Line B.
• Nearest Tram Station: Circo Massimo, Parco Celio, Colosseo, Line 3.
• Admission: 24 hrs.

History

• Dolabella was the nephew of Publius Quinctilius Varus, the Roman General who lost the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 CE.

Arch of Dolabella