Roman roads in Jordan at a glance
Jordan has about 2,159 km of Roman road in the Itiner-e atlas, mapped as 160 segments. That puts it 23rd among the 39 countries with Roman roads in the dataset. Only 32% of it is classed as certain; 56% is conjectured and 11% is hypothetical. One road here has a well-known name, and the longest is Via Nova Traiana. 76 Roman places (towns, forts, ports and stops) lie along the roads.
- 2,159 kmof Roman road
- 160segments
- 1named road
- 76Roman places
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 695 | 32% |
| Conjectured | 1,216 | 56% |
| Hypothetical | 248 | 11% |
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 Jordan
The longest is the Via Nova Traiana, with 436 km of it in Jordan.
| Road | Length in Jordan (km) |
|---|---|
| Via Nova Traiana | 436 |
Roman places in Jordan
76 Roman places lie on or beside the roads here. These 60 are the most important. Names come from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Pella
- Gerasa
- Aelana
- Amman
- Qasr Taiyibeh
- Castra Mefaa
- Dibon
- Negla
- Umm el-Quttein
- (B)Ossia
- Abila Dekapoleos
- Bir Madkhur
- Characmoba
- Livias
- Adrou
- Ail
- Areopolis
- Arieldela
- Esbous
- Gadara
- Kapitolias
- Madaba
- Mothous
- Petra
- Qasr el-Ba'iq
- Qasr el-Hallabat
- Umm el-Jimal
- Zoara
- Zodacatha
- Auara
- Basienis
- Deir el-Kahf
- Jurf ed-Darawish
- Loueitha
- Rujm Beni Yasser
- Thantia
- Thornia
- Ziza
- Amathous?
- Arindela
- Aroes
- Dhat Ras
- Elealeh
- Fera'Dor
- Gadara
- Gadda?
- Hatita
- Humayma Roman Fort
- Khirbet Dor
- Khirbet Dubab
- Khirbet Hamdan
- Khirbet Qurein
- Khirbet Rassif
- Khirbet Sherfan
- Khirbet Shihan
- Khirbet Umm Ras
- Khirbet ein Mudilija
- Khirbet el-Baridiyeh
- Khirbet el-Fityan
- Khirbet el-Kithara
Towns near Roman roads in Jordan
These are the larger towns in Jordan 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.
- Amman
- Zarqa
- Irbid
- Russeifa
- Ḩayy Khildā
Source
Road lines: Itiner-e (CC BY 4.0). Places: Pleiades (CC BY 3.0). Lengths are measured along the road lines inside the Jordan boundary. See all data sources and licences.
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Countries it shares roads with
- Syria (shared: Via Nova Traiana)