Roman roads in Germany at a glance
Germany has about 8,018 km of Roman road in the Itiner-e atlas, mapped as 443 segments. That puts it 12th among the 39 countries with Roman roads in the dataset. Only 1% of it is classed as certain; 98% is conjectured and 1% is hypothetical. 2 roads here have a well-known name, and the longest is Via Claudia Augusta. 225 Roman places (towns, forts, ports and stops) lie along the roads.
- 8,018 kmof Roman road
- 443segments
- 2named roads
- 225Roman places
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 52.9 | 1% |
| Conjectured | 7,881 | 98% |
| Hypothetical | 84 | 1% |
Certain: well documented, mapped to within about 50 to 200 m. Conjectured: known road, course less precisely documented. Hypothetical: route not pinned down, or existence uncertain.
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Named Roman roads in Germany
The longest is the Via Claudia Augusta, with 108 km of it in Germany.
| Road | Length in Germany (km) |
|---|---|
| Via Claudia Augusta | 108 |
| Via Belgica | 66.4 |
Roman places in Germany
225 Roman places lie on or beside the roads here. These 60 are the most important. Names come from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Teudurum?
- Augusta Vindelicum
- Mogontiacum
- Bingium
- Iuliacum
- Stuttgart
- Aquileia
- Col. Augusta Treverorum
- Guntia
- Opia
- Phoebiana
- Abodiacum
- Aquae Granni
- Cambodunum (Raetia)
- Altiaia
- Losodica
- Urusa?
- Ad Lunam
- Ara Ubiorum
- Hanau
- Karben
- Portus
- Summuntorium
- Tolbiacum
- Vetoniana
- Arae Flaviae
- Buch
- Confluentes
- Lorch
- Novaesium
- Quintana
- Rapis
- Rimburg
- Treuchtlingen
- Belgica
- Borbetomagus
- Kastell Waldmössingen
- Nida
- Noviomagus
- Pons Aeni
- Rederzhausen
- Reginum
- Roman Heidelberg
- Saarbrücken
- Schwarzenacker
- Tholey-Vareswald
- Tiberiacum?
- Turum
- Vicus Contiomagus
- Vicus Scuttarensium
- Ambrae
- Antunnacum
- Aquae
- Bad Dürkheim
- Beda
- Biriciana
- Bratananium
- Brigobannis
- Concordia?
- Ettlingen
Towns near Roman roads in Germany
These are the larger towns in Germany that lie within 5 km of a Roman road line on the map (not counting the hypothetical lines). Being close to a Roman road does not make a town Roman, but it shows where the old routes still pass by today.
- Munich
- Köln
- Frankfurt am Main
- Stuttgart
- Bonn
Source
Road lines: Itiner-e (CC BY 4.0). Places: Pleiades (CC BY 3.0). Lengths are measured along the road lines inside the Germany boundary. See all data sources and licences.
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Countries it shares roads with
- Italy (shared: Via Claudia Augusta)
- Austria (shared: Via Claudia Augusta)
- Belgium (shared: Via Belgica)
- Netherlands (shared: Via Belgica)
- France (shared: Via Belgica)