road
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Sean Gillies
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Sep 09, 2009 09:47 AM


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*Via Curia — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 18, 2019 11:59 AM
- A Roman road connecting Reate (Rieti) with Interamna Nahars (Terni).
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Ab Asturica Burdigalam — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Apr 22, 2015 01:03 PM
- A Roman road connecting Asturica Augusta (modern Astorga) and Burdigala (modern Bordeaux).
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Abu Ballas Trail — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Mar 11, 2018 08:46 AM
- Caravan route connecting the Dakhleh Oasis with Gilf Kebir in the Libyan Desert, used from the third millennium BCE through the Roman period. The site of Abu Ballas was likely a way station along the road.
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Ackling Dyke — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified May 18, 2021 08:07 PM
- A segment of a Roman road running from Old Sarum (Sorviodunum) to the hill fort at Badbury Rings (Vindocladia).
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Alta Semita — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Aug 19, 2021 09:36 AM
- The Alta Semita was an urban street running along the spine of the Quirinal Hill. The Alta Semita also lent its name to the sixth Augustan region of the city.
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Altinum — by M. Pearce — last modified Jun 15, 2022 08:43 AM
- Altinum was the capital of the Veneti of northern Italy. The site was destroyed by Attila in AD 452.
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Ay-ibūr-šabû — by Jamie Novotny — last modified Jan 28, 2018 11:25 AM
- The processional road of the god Marduk in Babylon, whose Akkadian ceremonial name means "May the Arrogant Not Flourish." The street runs north-south through the city, from the Ištar Gate to the Esagil temple. The northern stretch of Ay-ibūr-šabû is sometimes referred to as Ištar-lamassi-ummānīšu ("The goddess Ištar is the Guardian Angel of Her Troops").
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Cardo Maximus — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Nov 29, 2018 05:05 PM
- The Cardo Maximus of Saepinum.
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Cardo Maximus (Apamea) — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jan 30, 2020 02:50 PM
- The Cardo Maximus of Apamea in Syria is the site of the so-called "Great Colonnade", a portico that flanks the road for some 2 kilometers.
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Chaussée Jules César — by C. Haselgrove — last modified Jun 20, 2013 01:24 PM
- A Roman road linking Lutetia and Rotomagus, the construction of which was begun by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. The modern French Route nationale 14 follows the course of the ancient road.
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Cirauqui — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Oct 10, 2021 08:52 AM
- Remains of a Roman bridge and paved road.
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Clivus Capitolinus — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jun 22, 2022 05:04 PM
- The principal road leading to the Capitolium and the Arx in the city of Rome.
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Clivus Scauri — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jun 22, 2022 05:58 PM
- A street that ascended from the depression between the Palatine and the Caelian hills.
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Clivus Suburanus — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Feb 02, 2021 06:34 PM
- The Clivus Suburanus was a street of the ancient city of Rome. It rose from the Oppian and Cispian Hills and continued to the Porta Esquilina. Some current urban streets - via in Selci, via di San Martino and via di S. Vito - approximate at least part of its course.
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Cyrene - Apollonia Road — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Dec 28, 2022 10:48 AM
- Cyrene → Apollonia
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Decennovium — by N. Purcell — last modified Mar 07, 2018 11:23 AM
- Decennovium refers to a 19-mile stretch of the Via Appia from the Forum Appii to Tarracina that continued through the paludes Pontinae.
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Decumanus maximus at Vulci — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Oct 10, 2021 08:40 AM
- Belonging to Vulci's Roman phase, the Decumanus Maximus is the well-preserved east-west road of the city paved in basalt.
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Decumanus maximus of Carsulae — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Nov 29, 2018 05:05 PM
- The Decumanus maximus of Carsulae.
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Dere Street — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified May 15, 2021 12:05 PM
- Dere Street is a Roman road in northern Britain and Scotland, also known as the Via Regia. Dere Street connected Eburacum with Veluniate.
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Diolkos — by G. Reger — last modified Oct 30, 2020 11:35 PM
- The Diolkos was a paved tract near ancient Corinth that allowed boats to portage the Isthmus of Corinth. It was in use from ca. 600 B.C. until ca. A.D. 50.
Also in this section
- Archaic (pre-550 BC) — by Sean Gillies — last modified Sep 09, 2009 09:47 AM
- Classical (550 BC-330 BC) — by Sean Gillies — last modified Sep 09, 2009 09:47 AM
- Hellenistic, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC) — by Sean Gillies — last modified Sep 09, 2009 09:47 AM
- Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640) — by Sean Gillies — last modified Sep 09, 2009 09:47 AM
- Mediaeval/Byzantine (AD 641-AD 1453) — by Sean Gillies — last modified Sep 09, 2009 09:47 AM
- Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) — by Sean Gillies — last modified Sep 09, 2009 09:47 AM