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Stabia Gates stand in the southern direction of Pompeii. Most of the
city gates were torn down. From them remain only the base and the
bottom laying. The remains of the city gates were opened and
excavated in 1851. The Oskan inscription on the Stabia gates reads:
"Edelius Publius Sittius, son of Marcus, and Numerius Pontius,
the son of Publius, laid the limits of this street and laid it 10
feet (about three meters) outside the Stabia gate."
The
inscription not only gives the ancient name of the gate, but also
the name of three of the city’s streets, as well as the name of the
neighboring Temple of Asclepius
(referred to as the Temple of Jupiter Meilihus), which stands at the
junction of Via del Tempio di Isis and Via Stabia. Since then, the
name stuck at the Stabia gate. Outside the gate, the people of
Pompeii buried their loved ones. Archaeologists have found more than
160 graves dating back to 4-2 centuries BC. In 1843, archeologists
excavated a rectangular gravestone made for duomvir (political
position) by C. Clovatius with marble relief of gladiatorial
battles.
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Stabia Gatе is located in the South part of Pompeii. The ruins of the former city gate were re- discovered in 1851. An Oscan inscription in a Stabia gate stated: "The Aediles Publius Sittius, son of Marcus, and Numerius Pontius, son of Publius, laid down the limits of this street, and fixed the terminus of it 10 feet beyond the Stabia Gate". So current name of the gates were actually given by the ancient Romans. The name since stuck with the structure. Archeologists discovered over 160 graves outside of the Stabia Gate. They date to 4th- 2nd centuries BC.