The Battle of the Colline Gate can refer to any of the following battles:
- Battle of the Colline Gate (477 BC) - consul Gaius Horatius Pulvillus defeats the Etruscans
- Battle of the Colline Gate (82 BC) - Sulla secured control of Rome following the civil war against the Populares.
Famous quotes containing the words battle of, battle and/or gate:
“I have just read your dispatch about sore tongued and fatiegued [sic] horses. Will you pardon me for asking what the horses of your army have done since the battle of Antietem that fatigue anything?”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“Athelstan King,
Lord among Earls,
Bracelet-bestower and
Baron of Barons,”
—Unknown. Battle of Brunanburh (l. 1–4)
“What heaven-entreated heart is this
Stands trembling at the gate of bliss;
Holds fast the door, yet dares not venture
Fairly to open it and enter?
Whose definition is a doubt
‘Twixt life and death, ‘twixt in and out?”
—Richard Crashaw (1613?–1649)