Murus Terreus Carinarum

earthwork · 30 BC – 300 AD · location approximate

An early earthwork at Rome described by Varro, the Murus Terreus may have been part of the so-called Servian Wall. It was likely located on the Oppian Hill, between the Subura and the Carinae.

Coordinates

41.89341, 12.49654

Also known as

terreus murus (la), terreus murus (la)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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