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.
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