Built in
the Republican period so that the VIA NOMENTANA could pass the ANIENE RIVER
It was
destroyed by the Goths of Totila in the year 549
Rebuilt by
the Byzantine general Narses in 552
The current
upper part dates back to that time, while the central arch is of the first century AD
It was
fortified under Pope Adrian I (772/795)
Restored
under Nicholas V Parentucelli (1447/51) and also under Innocent X Pamphilj
(1644/55)
After being
damaged in 1849 by the French army it was again restored
Now it
is inserted in a PUBLIC PARK and the stretch of Via Nomentana to which it
belongs has been closed to traffic
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