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...selves and their merchandise with sacred water in a ceremony at the Capena Gate. When Mercurius became identified with Hermes, he took on the duties of mes

...lves and their merchandise with sacred water in a ceremony at the [[Capena Gate]]. ... Mercuralia, merchants sprinkled water from his sacred well near the Porta Capena on their heads.

...te to [[Hades]], abode of the dead; Festus called it ''ostium Orci'', "the gate of [[Orcus]]". The other was used to make rain; this one may have no direc ...er, the grammarian [[Sextus Pompeius Festus|Festus]] held the cover to the gate of the underworld and the rainmaking stone to be two distinct stones.<ref>S

...selves and their merchandise with sacred water in a ceremony at the Capena Gate. When Mercurius became identified with Hermes, he took on the duties of mes

...sidence, or at some place on the boundary of land or city (e. g., the city gate) which was under his protection, or (in later times at least) at a temporar ...rmorea''', "marble altar" known from two inscriptions found near the Porta Capena<ref>CIL 6.9403 = ILS 7713, CIL 6.10020 and IGUR 1342; R p. 21.</ref>