Roman roads in Switzerland at a glance
Switzerland has about 1,854 km of Roman road in the Itiner-e atlas, mapped as 63 segments. That puts it 24th among the 39 countries with Roman roads in the dataset. None of it is classed as certain: almost all of it is conjectured, so the line on the map is a best estimate of the course rather than a surveyed route. None of the roads here has a well-known name in the data, so the map shows unnamed Roman roads only. 48 Roman places (towns, forts, ports and stops) lie along the roads.
- 1,854 kmof Roman road
- 63segments
- 0named roads
- 48Roman places
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 0 | 0% |
| Conjectured | 1,854 | 100% |
| Hypothetical | 0 | 0% |
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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Roman places in Switzerland
48 Roman places lie on or beside the roads here. Names come from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Genava
- Petinesca
- Vindonissa
- Ad Fines
- Urba
- Castrum Rauracense
- Aventicum
- Curia
- Eburodunum
- Lousonna
- Magia
- Octodurus
- Vivisco
- Amden
- Col. Iulia Equestris
- Kempraten
- Minnodunum
- Constantia
- Muralto
- Sedunum
- Acaunum
- Ad Rhenum
- Arbor Felix
- Basilia
- Bern
- Bilitio
- Bourg-St-Pierre
- Col. Augusta Raurica
- Cunus Aureus
- Iuliomagus
- Lapidaria?
- Maladers
- Murus
- Orsières
- Penne Locos
- Riom
- Roman vicus and harbor at Lousonna
- Salodurum
- Schaenis
- Tarnaias?
- Tasg(a)etium
- Tenedo
- Tiefencastel
- Tinnetio
- Turicum
- Twann
- Vitudurum
- Zernez
Towns near Roman roads in Switzerland
These are the larger towns in Switzerland 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.
- Zürich
- Geneva
- Basel
- Lausanne
- Bern
Source
Road lines: Itiner-e (CC BY 4.0). Places: Pleiades (CC BY 3.0). Lengths are measured along the road lines inside the Switzerland boundary. See all data sources and licences.