, ▁to ▁co inci de ▁with ▁the ▁triumph ▁of ▁T iber ius ▁and ▁his ▁second ▁cons ul ship , ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁which ▁year ▁are ▁lost ▁in ▁a ▁gap ▁in ▁the ▁surv iving ▁manuscript s ▁of ▁Cass ius ▁D io . ▁Mario ▁Tor elli ▁followed ▁O ro si us ' ▁date . ▁ ▁Later ▁em per ors ▁also ▁closed ▁the ▁G ates ▁of ▁the ▁Jan us ▁to ▁great ▁fan fare . ▁The ▁most ▁famous ▁clos ures ▁occurred ▁under ▁N ero ▁and ▁V esp as ian . ▁ ▁N ero ▁mint ed ▁a ▁large ▁series ▁of ▁co ins ▁with ▁the ▁Ara ▁Pac is ▁( and ▁the ▁Temple ▁of ▁Jan us ▁itself ▁with ▁closed ▁gates ) ▁on ▁the ▁reverse ▁to ▁comm emor ate ▁this ▁event . ▁ ▁Other ▁em per ors ▁certainly ▁closed ▁and ▁re open ed ▁the ▁G ates ▁of ▁the ▁Jan us , ▁but ▁references ▁in ▁later ▁and ▁less ▁thorough ▁histor ians ▁are ▁fairly ▁rare . ▁ ▁The ▁Roman ▁poet ▁Vir g il ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁A ene id ▁the ▁opening ▁of ▁the ▁G ates ▁of ▁the ▁Jan us ▁to ▁start ▁war ▁between ▁the ▁Tro j ans ▁and ▁the ▁Lat ins . ▁ ▁Later ▁historical ▁context s ▁▁▁ ▁The ▁leg ends ▁of ▁Jan us ▁have ▁been ▁used ▁for ▁many ▁purposes ▁throughout ▁history . ▁ 1 6 th ▁century ▁Roman ▁pri ests ▁used ▁them ▁to ▁justify ▁the ▁seat ▁of ▁Christian ity ▁being ▁moved ▁from ▁Rome ▁to ▁Jerusalem ▁and ▁described ▁the ▁V at ican ▁as ▁the ▁“ T hr one ▁of ▁Jan us ”. ▁This