46 BC for
Lucius Cestius, maybe the brother of the Caius Cestius of the Pyramid
It also had
other names:
Pons
Aurelius (here was
the first section of the Via Aurelia, which was heading towards the Janiculum
Hill), Pons Gratiani (for the Emperor Gratian who had it rebuilt), Ponte
di S. Bartolomeo (St. Bartholomew Bridge) o Ponte Ferrato (Iron
Bridge)
It was
rebuilt in the year 370 by the Emperor Gratian (367/383) with materials taken
from the nearby Theater of Marcellus
The small
lateral arches were destroyed in 1888 for the construction of the embankments
of the Tiber River and the bridge was rebuilt again in 1892 with some original
materials. On this occasion, its length was almost doubled and the original
central arch was kept
Now it is
80.40 m long (264 feet) whereas before the reconstruction it measured only 48.5
m (159 feet)
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