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Milvian Bridge
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Milvian Bridge or Mulvian Bridge, Latin Pons Milvius or Pons Mulvius. It was built by Marcus Aemilius Scaurus in 109 B.C. over the Tiber near Rome as part of the Flaminian Way Flaminian Way , one of the principal Roman roads, the greatest artery from Rome to Cisalpine Gaul. Construction was begun (220 B.C.) by Caius Flaminius. The road ran N from Rome to Narnia (modern Narni), to Mevania (Bevagna), NE to Nuceria (Nocera Umbria), thence N
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. By defeating Maxentius here in A.D. 312, Constantine I became the unchallenged ruler of the West. It was here that Constantine saw the cross in the sky.


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Hundreds of residents have been evacuated from their homes near the Tiber and emergency services have sealed off the area around the historic Ponte Milvio pedestrian bridge.
A once popular gay area, Ponte Milvio now draws a heterogeneous crowd, from teenies to sophisticated thirtysomethings - but only a tiny minority of tourists.
Italy's ANSA news agency said around 300 English fans had been involved in a stand-off near the Ponte Milvio and the Ponte Duca d'Aosta.
 
 
 
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