Where Is the Pomerium Located?
Pomerium, (From Latin Post-Moerium, “Behind the Wall”), in Ancient Rome, a Sacred Open Space Located Just Inside the Wall Surrounding the Four Hills—the...
Pomerium, (from Latin post-moerium, “behind the wall”), in ancient Rome, a sacred open space located just inside the wall surrounding the four hills—the Esquiline, the Palatine, the Quirinal, and the Capitoline—of the early city.
Can you still see the pomerium?
Rare 'pomerium cippus' comes to light again after 2,000 years. Rome archaeologists have unearthed a border stone laid during the reign of Emperor Claudius almost 2,000 years ago, the first such discovery in more than a century.
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Why is pomerium important?
The pomerium was an essential element of the sacred topography of Rome, enshrined in its very foundation mythology as the fledgling boundary that Remus contemptuously stepped over, prompting his brother Romulus to cut him down with the prophetic words 'so shall it be henceforth with everyone who leaps over my walls'.
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