Roman roads
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Roman roads were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and, later,
Combined data from the Peutinger Table and Antonine Itinerary recording the Roman roads network.
The Appian Way, one of the oldest and most important Roman roads
Old Roman road, leading from Jerusalem to Beit Gubrin, adjacent to regional highway 375 in Israel
Section of the Via delle Gallie (Valle d'Aosta) in Italy, built by excavating the steep rock slope at left
Via Aemilia
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The Via Aemilia was a trunk Roman road in the north Italian plain, running from Ariminum, on the Adriatic coast, to Placentia on the River Padus. It was completed in 187 BC. The Via Aemilia connected
Roman roads
…Major roads Via Aemilia, from Rimini (Ariminum) to Placentia Via Appia, the Appian Way (312 BC), from Rome to Apulia…
The Via Aemilia crossing Bologna
The Via Emilia as it crosses central Bologna. This modern street, known in this stretch as the Via Rizzoli, overlies the old Roman road, which bisected the Roman colony of Bononia.
Roman bridge over the River Marecchia just outside Ariminum (Rimini), the starting point of the Via Aemilia. Today known as the Ponte Tiberio, it was built in 14 AD under Roman emperor Tiberius as part of a major upgrading of the whole Via Aemilia started under his predecessor Augustus.