trigenia

Updated: May 9, 2025

Besides, the bridge at the Porta Trigenia, opposite the temple of the Bona Dea, did not exist yet, hence whoso wished to go beyond the Tiber had to push through to the Pons Sublicius, that is, to pass around the Aventine through a part of the city covered now with one sea of flame. That was an impossibility.

Henryk Sienkiewicz - Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero

Besides, the bridge at the Porta Trigenia, opposite the temple of the Bona Dea, did not exist yet, hence those who wished to go beyond the Tiber had to pass through to the Pons Sublicius that is, to pass around the Aventine through a part of the city covered now with one sea of flame. That was an impossibility.

- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03