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The Arch of Dolabella and Silanus in Rome, Italy

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The Arch of Dolabella and Silanus or Arch of Dolabella is on the Celian Hill in Rome, Italy. The Roman arch was built by senatorial decree in 10 AD by the consuls P. Cornelius Dolabella and C. Junius Silanus. In origin it might have be part of the republican city wall, called the Servian Walls. The arch is located near the colosseum It spans the modern Via di S. Paolo della Croce, along the the ancient Roman road of Clivus Scauri. The extension of the aqueduct the watercourse of the Aqua Claudia undertaken during the reign of Nero made use of the Arch of Dolabella for the last section of the structure.