[1] With time, the gate changed its name into Porta San Lorenzo, because of the presence of the close by basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura.

Common people, however, called it "Capo de bove" or "Porta Taurina", since the arch of Augustus was decorated with bull skulls.

[1] The gate is the witness of the victory obtained in the evening of 20 November 1347 by the Roman popular leader Cola di Rienzo against the city's barons forces, in which the latter's leader Stefano Colonna was killed.

[1] In 1869 or 1870, Pope Pius IX ordered the removal of much of the surviving stonework of the Porta Tiburtina to build a monumental column to the Ecumenical Council,[2][3] which was never completed due to the Capture of Rome.

On the top, on the Aqua Julia, a 5 BC inscription that reads: In the middle, the Aqua Tepula bears a legend dating to Emperor Caracalla restoration, in 212: On the lower channel of Aqua Marcia there is an inscription about the restoration by Emperor Titus in 79: Media related to Porta Tiburtina (Rome) at Wikimedia Commons