Velabrum

Roman etymologies of the name are confused, with attempts to connect it to the Latin words vehere (conveyance) and velum (cloth): Varro, Propertius, and Tibullus claimed that it was the location of a ferry;[3] Plutarch, however, claimed the name derived from the awnings placed over the Circus Maximus during games.

[5] It was believed that before the construction of the Cloaca Maxima, which probably follows the course of an ancient stream called Spinon,[6] the area was a swamp,[7] though this claim has been disproven by core samples taken from Velabrum in 1994.

state that in this marshy area, the roots of a fig tree (Ficus Ruminalis) caught and stopped the basket carrying Romulus and Remus as it floated along on the Tiber current.

"[13] Even after the Cloaca was built, the area was still prone to flooding from the Tiber,[14] until the ground level was raised after the Neronian fire.

[10] It is also the site of the Arch of Janus, the Arcus Argentariorum and the church San Giorgio al Velabro.