The construction date of the ‘Servian’ wall and its layout in the riverside area between the Aventine and the Capitol are the two main questions addressed in this article. The interlocking topographical problems were addressed in 1988 by Filippo Coarelli, whose interpretation has become the generally accepted orthodoxy. But not all the difficulties have been solved, and with Coarelli's recent return to the subject a fresh examination of the evidence may be helpful. Careful attention is given here to stories of early Rome that involve the walls and gates, as reported in Livy, Dionysius and Plutarch; they are not, of course, taken as authentic evidence for the time of the alleged events, but as indicating what was taken for granted when the stories were first composed. New suggestions are made about a revision of the line of the city wall in 212 BC and the consequent restructuring of two important gates, the Porta Carmentalis and the Porta Trigemina; the mysterious ‘Porta Triumphalis’ is discussed separately in an appendix.

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墙壁、大门和故事：检测罗马的河边防御工事

'Servian' 墙的建造日期及其在 Aventine 和 Capitol 之间的河滨地区的布局是本文讨论的两个主要问题。Filippo Coarelli 于 1988 年解决了相互关联的地形问题，他的解释已成为普遍接受的正统观念。但并非所有困难都已解决，随着 Coarelli 最近重返该主题，重新审视证据可能会有所帮助。正如李维、狄奥尼修斯和普鲁塔克所报道的，这里仔细关注了早期罗马的故事，这些故事涉及城墙和大门；当然，它们并不被视为所谓事件发生时的真实证据，而是表明在故事最初撰写时被认为是理所当然的事情。对公元前 212 年城墙线的修改以及随之而来的两座重要城门的重组提出了新的建议，即 Porta Carmentalis 和 Porta Trigemina；神秘的“凯旋门”在附录中单独讨论。