Salt road
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A salt road refers to any of the prehistoric and historical trade routes by which essential salt was transported to regions that lacked it.
Sign for historic salt road in Bavaria
A camel train for salt transportation in Afar Region of Ethiopia
Via Salaria
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The Via Salaria was an ancient Roman road in Italy. It eventually ran from Rome to Castrum Truentinum on the Adriatic coast, a distance of 242 km. The road also passed through Reate and Asculum.
Salt road
…the alpages, long before any purposely-constructed roadways formed the overland routes by which salt-rich provinces supplied salt-starved ones. The Via Salaria, an ancient Roman road in Italy, eventually ran from Rome (from Porta Salaria in the Aurelian Walls) to Castrum Truentinum (Porto d'Ascoli) on the…
Remains of the Roman bridge over Velino river in Rieti