Via Labicana
The Via Labicana (today's name: Via Casilina ) is an ancient Roman road in Italy . It began east-southeast of Rome and connected the capital with Tusculum and the eponymous place Labici .
From the center, the street led through the still existing Porta Esquilina in the Servian Wall from the royal era and left the city at Porta Praenestina (today Porta Maggiore ).
In a villa of Livia Drusilla located on this street, a statue of Augustus as Pontifex Maximus was found in 1910 , which gave the name to a group of comparable statues (Via Labicana type) . Today the statue is in the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme in the National Roman Museum .
On the third milestone of this street, under Constantine, a basilica with an adjoining mausoleum was built for his mother, St. Helena . There is also the catacomb of Saints Marcellinus and Peter .
On the fifth milestone, Emperor Didius Julianus was buried after his execution in 193.
Course of the road
The Arch of Gallienus (Porta Esquilina)
The Augustus statue
Ruins of the mausoleum of Helena
Sarcophagus of Helen
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