Roman roads in Italy at a glance
Italy has about 20,941 km of Roman road in the Itiner-e atlas, mapped as 896 segments. That puts it 4th 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. 22 roads here have a well-known name, and the longest is Via Appia. 751 Roman places (towns, forts, ports and stops) lie along the roads.
- 20,941 kmof Roman road
- 896segments
- 22named roads
- 751Roman places
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 259 | 1% |
| Conjectured | 20,564 | 98% |
| Hypothetical | 118 | 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 Italy
The longest is the Via Appia, with 573 km of it in Italy.
| Road | Length in Italy (km) |
|---|---|
| Via Appia | 573 |
| Via Popillia (Capua to Rhegium) | 511 |
| Via Postumia | 462 |
| Via Claudia Augusta | 452 |
| Via Cassia | 374 |
| Via Aurelia | 308 |
| Via Flaminia | 307 |
| Via Aemilia Scauri | 299 |
| Via Traiana | 295 |
| Via Aemilia | 259 |
| Via Salaria | 212 |
| Via Latina | 193 |
| Via Clodia | 177 |
| Via Annia | 134 |
| Via Valeria | 112 |
| Via Severiana | 108 |
| Via Caecilia | 107 |
| Via Claudia Valeria | 58.4 |
| Via Claudia Nova | 54.9 |
| Via Julia Augusta | 44 |
| Via Domitia | 36.2 |
| Via Domitiana | 35.1 |
Roman places in Italy
751 Roman places lie on or beside the roads here. These 60 are the most important. Names come from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Roma
- Capua
- Comum
- Patavium
- Saepinum
- Venusia
- Brundisium
- Augusta Taurinorum
- Eporedia
- Herdoniae
- Mediolan(i)um
- Nuceria (Alfaterna)
- Potentia
- Telesia
- Uria
- Acelum
- Ad Pictas
- Pisae
- Abellinum
- Beneventum
- Coeba
- Interamna Lirenas
- Interamnium
- Laos
- Laus Pompeia
- Minturnae
- Ticinum
- Verona
- (H)Atria
- Akragas
- Al(l)ifae
- Altinum
- Aquilonia
- Barium
- Bovillae
- Brixellum
- Brixia
- Cremona
- Dertona
- Dikaiarcheia
- Diria?
- Felsina
- Florentia
- Grumentum
- Katane
- Luceria
- Parthenope
- Pompeii
- Praeneste
- Scylletium
- Sirpium?
- Suessula
- Teanum Sidicinum
- Tibur
- Tusculum
- Vicus Augustanus Laurentium?
- Volcei
- Ad Portum
- Aletrium
- Aternum
Towns near Roman roads in Italy
These are the larger towns in Italy 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.
- Rome
- Milan
- Naples
- Turin
- Palermo
Source
Road lines: Itiner-e (CC BY 4.0). Places: Pleiades (CC BY 3.0). Lengths are measured along the road lines inside the Italy boundary. See all data sources and licences.