Roman roads in Palestine at a glance
Palestine has about 787 km of Roman road in the Itiner-e atlas, mapped as 98 segments. That puts it 31st among the 39 countries with Roman roads in the dataset. Only 42% of it is classed as certain; 54% is conjectured and 4% is hypothetical. One road here has a well-known name, and the longest is Via Maris. 48 Roman places (towns, forts, ports and stops) lie along the roads.
- 787 kmof Roman road
- 98segments
- 1named road
- 48Roman places
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 329 | 42% |
| Conjectured | 425 | 54% |
| Hypothetical | 31.9 | 4% |
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 Palestine
The longest is the Via Maris, with 2.8 km of it in Palestine.
| Road | Length in Palestine (km) |
|---|---|
| Via Maris | 2.8 |
Roman places in Palestine
48 Roman places lie on or beside the roads here. Names come from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Emmaus
- Neapolis
- Aialon
- Hebron
- Samaria
- Bethlehem
- Gaza
- Jericho
- Ramathaim
- Gabaon
- Korea(i)
- Ginai(a)
- Gophna
- Khirbet et Tira
- Phasaelis
- Ziph
- Archelais
- Raphia
- Aenon
- Anouath Borkeos
- Arous?
- Aser
- Beitin
- Bethania
- Bethoron Anotera
- Bethoron Katotera
- Caphar Baricha
- Chermela
- Deir Serur
- Douma
- Ephraim
- Geth
- Herodeion
- Isana
- Khirbet Beit-Bassa
- Khirbet Khiraf
- Khirbet el Ghirur
- Khirbet el-Maqatir
- Khirbet el-ʿAqd
- Kypros
- Maledomnei
- Na'aran
- Sartaba
- Tha'anach
- Thamna
- Thekoa
- Thena
- el Mekhobi
Towns near Roman roads in Palestine
These are the larger towns in Palestine 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.
- Gaza
- Khān Yūnis
- Jabālyā
- Hebron
- Nablus
Source
Road lines: Itiner-e (CC BY 4.0). Places: Pleiades (CC BY 3.0). Lengths are measured along the road lines inside the Palestine boundary. See all data sources and licences.
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Countries it shares roads with
- Egypt (shared: Via Maris)