<p>Gate in the *Servian Wall on the *Esquiline between the *Porta Viminalis and *Porta Querquetulana (Strabo 5.3.9: ἀπὸ τῆς Ἠσκυλίνης πύλης; Dion. Hal., <i>Ant. Rom</i>. 9.68.3). It connected the *Clivus Suburanus, which led into the city, with the fork of the *Via Tiburtina and *”Via Labicana-Praenestina” located outside the walls in the *Campus Esquilinus. The Porta Esquilina was rebuilt in the Augustan period as a broad, triple-bay arch, and was rededicated in A.D. 262 by Gallienus. The central arch (L. 10.1 m, W. 3.38 m) survives next to the Church of S. Vito, and is generally accepted as Augustan (Andreussi, Coarelli, Favro, Richardson), or at least Julio-Claudian (De Maria, Santa Maria Scrinari). The lateral arches (L. 3.45 m, W. 1.28 m) were presumably destroyed in 1477 when the church was built, but the foundations are known from excavations in 1834. The ground-plan of this triple-bay arch is based on the drawing by Lugli.</p>