Suburra
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The Suburra, or Subura (from the Latin Subura) was a vast and populous neighborhood of Ancient Rome, located below the Murus Terreus on the Carinae and stretching on the slopes of the Quirinal and Viminal hills up to the offshoots of the Esquiline (Oppian, Cispian and Fagutal hills).
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Suburra
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Subura
- Ancient site.image
- Roma Monti Casa dei Cavalieri di Rodi.jpg
- Ancient site.image_size
- 310 px
- Ancient site.caption
- Via Baccina with the Wall of Suburra, Arco dei Pantani and the Temple of Mars Ultor
- Ancient site.location
- Rome, Italy
- Ancient site.type
- Urban neighborhood
- Ancient site.cultures
- Ancient Rome
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- Image
- Monti - muro della Suburra e casa dei cavalieri di Rodi - retro 1050880-1.JPG
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- History
- The Wall of Suburra
- Geographic location
- In popular culture
- See also
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The Suburra, or Subura (from the Latin Subura) was a vast and populous neighborhood of Ancient Rome, located below the Murus Terreus on the Carinae and stretching on the slopes of the Quirinal and Viminal hills up to the offshoots of the Esquiline (Oppian, Cispian and Fagutal hills).
Since the lower part of the neighbourhood – although overlooking an area of monuments and public services – was home to an urban underclass who lived in miserable conditions, as well as a pleasure district, the term suburra has remained in the Italian language with the generic meaning of 'disreputable place", "place of ill repute" or similar.