janualis

Updated: January 13, 2026

The so-called gate at the steepest part of the Capitoline Mount, which is known by the name of Janualis or Saturnia, or the "open," and which had to stand always open in times of war, evidently had merely a religious significance, and never was a real gate. Corp. Inscr.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book I : The Period Anterior to the Abolition of the Monarchy

The so-called gate at the steepest part of the Capitoline Mount, which is known by the name of Janualis or Saturnia, or the "open," and which had to stand always open in times of war, evidently had merely a religious significance, and never was a real gate. Corp. Inscr.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)