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56 Seven Mounts excluded the Quirinal, and that afterwards in the Servian Rome, while the three first regions corresponded to the former Palatine city, a fourth region was formed out of the Quirinal along with the neighbouring Viminal. Thus, too, we discover an explanation of the reason why the strong outwork of the Subura was constructed beyond the city wall in the valley between the Esquiline and Quirinal; it was at that point, in fact, that the two territories came into contact, and the Palatine Romans, after having taken possession of the low ground, were under the necessity of constructing a stronghold for protection against those of the Quirinal.

Lastly, even the name has not been lost by which the men of the Quirinal distinguished themselves from their Palatine neighbours. As the Palatine city took the name of "the Seven Mounts," its citizens called themselves the "Mount-men" (montani), and the term "mount," while applied to the other heights belonging to the city, was above all associated with the Palatine, so the Quirinal height as well as the Viminal belonging to it, although they were not lower, but on the contrary somewhat higher than the former, never in the strict use of the language received any other name than "hill" (collis): in ritual records, indeed, the Quirinal was not unfrequently designated as the "Hill," without further addition. In like manner, the gate leading from this height was usually called the "Hill-gate" (Porta Collina); the priests of Mars settled there those "of the Hill" (Salii Collini), in contrast to those of the Palatine (Salii Palatini), and the fourth Servian region formed out of this district the Hill-region (tribus Collina). The name of Romans, primarily