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Trastervere
Trastevere is a corruption of trans Tiberim (beyond the Tiber). Ancient Rome was founded on seven hills located on the left bank of the Tiber. The right bank (trans Tiberim) belonged to the Etruscans and most likely to the town of Veius (today Isola Farnese). A famous episode of early Roman history makes reference to the defence of Rome which took place on the timber bridge which crossed the river (Ponte Sublicio). Only after the defeat of Veius and the expansion of the Roman rule to most of Central Italy did the right bank of the river become an area of stable Roman settlements. However only in 275 A.D. Trastevere was included by the emperor Aureliamus in the pomerium (the city border) of Rome and it was protected by walls. In the XVIIth century Urbanus VIII redesigned the borders of Trastevere by building new walls which included in the rione most of the Janiculum hill.
Rome Vanishing Points015
Trastervere
Trastevere is a corruption of trans Tiberim (beyond the Tiber). Ancient Rome was founded on seven hills located on the left bank of the Tiber. The right bank (trans Tiberim) belonged to the Etruscans and most likely to the town of Veius (today Isola Farnese). A famous episode of early Roman history makes reference to the defence of Rome which took place on the timber bridge which crossed the river (Ponte Sublicio). Only after the defeat of Veius and the expansion of the Roman rule to most of Central Italy did the right bank of the river become an area of stable Roman settlements. However only in 275 A.D. Trastevere was included by the emperor Aureliamus in the pomerium (the city border) of Rome and it was protected by walls. In the XVIIth century Urbanus VIII redesigned the borders of Trastevere by building new walls which included in the rione most of the Janiculum hill.