The starting point of the road was Porta Fontinalis, a gate in the Servian city walls near present-day Piazza Venezia. In its first miles Via Flaminia cut through the plain between the Tiber and the eastern hills in a straight line.
The beginning of the road was at Porta Fontinalis, a gate situated in the Servian city walls near present-day Piazza Venezia. The initial section of Via Flaminia ran through a flat area between the Tiber River and the eastern hills.