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  Via Cassia - LoveToKnow 1911
The date of its construction is uncertain: it cannot have been earlier than 187 B.C., 2 when the consul C. Flaminius constructed a road from Bononia to Arretium (which must have coincided with the portion of the later Via Cassia).
It is not, it is true, mentioned by any ancient authorities before the time of Cicero, who in 45 B.C. speaks of the existence of three roads from Rome to Mutina, the Flaminia, the Aurelia and the Cassia.
A milestone of A.D. 124 mentions repairs to the road made by Hadrian from the boundary of the territory of Clusium to Florence, a distance of 86 m.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Via_Cassia   (115 words)

  
 Roman road
Via Aquitania[?], from Narbonne, where it connected to the Via Domitia, to the Atlantic Ocean across Toulouse and Bordeaux,
Via Domitia (118 BC), from Nimes to the Pyrenees, where it joins to the Via Augusta[?] at the Col de Panissars[?].
Via Augusta, from Cadiz to the Pyrenees, where it joins to the Via Domitia at the Coll de Panissars.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ro/Roman_road.html   (287 words)

  
 Via Cassia e Via Clodia
La via Cassia e la via Clodia coincidevano con il primo tratto della Flaminia dal quale si distaccavano, dopo Ponte Milvio, avendo in comune per un tratto il percorso in comune.
Proseguendo sulla via Cassia troviamo i resti di un antico sepolcro in calcestruzzo a forma di torre e più avanti sulla destra nei pressi dell incrocio con la via Trionfale, al Km 14, 50, sono visibili i resti del casale denominato [torre di Spizzichino.
Proseguendo sulla via Cassia al Km 17, 60 icontriamo una diramazione che porta verso Isola Farnese il cui toponimo deriva dal Cardinale Alessandro Farnese che nel Seicento divenne proprietario del [castello], struttura che risale al secolo precedente il cui edificato sorse sul nucleo di un castello medioevale.
www.iterconficere.net /cassia.htm   (982 words)

  
 http://www.cyberitalian.com - Readings - © Copyright CyberItalian Inc.
Via Cassia begins, and ends, at Rome's Ponte Milvio on the Tiber, the old bridge formerly called Ponte Molle which dates back to 109 BC.
La Via Cassia, che corre lungo la cresta di una collina che separa due valli, collega il quartiere nuovo a nord di Roma, costruito durante l'espansione della capitale dopo la seconda guerra mondiale.
Via Cassia was born with Rome's first relations with the Etruscans of the lands to the north.
www.cyberitalian.com /html/gal_43.htm   (2343 words)

  
 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 1195   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
From thence the Via, Flaminia was extended under the name of the yia aemij.ia and traversed the heart of Cisalpine Gaul through Bononia,Mutina_, Parma, Plaeentia (where it crossed the Po) to Mediolanum.
Of the roads striking out of the Via Flaminia in the immediate vicinity of Rome the most important is the via cassia, which diverging near the Pons Mulvius and passing not far from Veil traversed Etruria through Baecanae, Sutrium, Vulsinii, Clu-slum, Arretium, Florentia, Pistoria, and Luca, joining the Via Aurdia at Luna.
Lastly, the via ardeatina from Rome to Ardea.
www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-dgra/1202.html   (969 words)

  
 Branching off Via Cassia
The main road crossing the area is Via Cassia which starts immediately after Ponte Milvio.
At Madonna di Bracciano a road leaves Via Cassia to reach Bracciano and then join again Via Cassia near Sutri.
Another road to the right of Via Cassia leads to Formello, a fief which belonged for a long time to the Orsini and was acquired by the Chigi in the XVIIth century.
www.romeartlover.it /Cassia.html   (978 words)

  
 Classical Gazetteer, page 369   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Via appia, a road constructed from Rome to Capua by Appius Csscus, censor 312 B.c.
Via aurelia, a road from Rome to Pisa, constructed by the consul Aurelius, circa B.c.
Via flaminia, a road from Rome to Ari­minum, constructed by the censor Cains Flaminius, 221 B.c.
www.ancientlibrary.com /gazetteer/0371.html   (466 words)

  
 Via Cassia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Via Cassia was an important Roman road striking out of the Via Flaminia near the Milvian Bridge in the immediate vicinity of Rome and, passing not far from Veii traversed Etruria.
The Via Cassia passed through Baccanae, Sutrium, Vulsinii, Clusium, Arretium, Florentia, Pistoria, and Luca, joining the Via Aurelia at Luna.
The Via Amerina was a road that broke off from the Via Cassia near Baccanae, and held north through Falerii, Tuder, and Perusia, rejoining the Via Cassia at Clusium.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Via_Cassia   (125 words)

  
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The Via Popilia extended the Via Appia from Capua to Rhegium.
The Via Traiana was built from Benevento to Brindisi as an alternative shorter route to the Via Appia by Trajan from 112 to 117.
The Via Egnatia was a continuation of the Via Appia in Italy and became the main route from Rome to the east.
www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=HLAR0408   (1153 words)

  
 Bed & Bed Cassia - Town House Suite - Porta al Prato - Florence
Bed and Bed Cassia is located in a narrow street of a residential area out of the noisy traffic of the centre of Florence.
Once you have reached the traffic light, cross the street and continue walking in "Via Monaco" till a big avenue ("Viale Belfiore").Cross the avenue and turn on the right, the second street on the left hand is "Via Cassia".
From the highway A1 take the exit "Firenze nord" then follow the road markings for "Via di Novoli", nearly at the end of the street there are indications to the city centre, turn on the right.
www.florenceby.com /cassia/pages/reach.htm   (256 words)

  
 Etruscan Museums
SS 1 (Via Aurelia), SS 74 inland at Stazione di Albinia 32 km.
SS 2 (Via Cassia) Rome-Viterbo, SS 3 11 at Bivio di Monterosi.
SS 1 (Via Aurelia) to Orbetello turnoff, SS 74 to Pitigliano, N. on unmetaled road for 8 km.
www.mysteriousetruscans.com /museums.html   (1387 words)

  
 Detail Page
Via Latina——Road that traversed the area to the southeast of Rome and east of the Via Appia.
Via Postumia——An interesting highway at the far north of Italy, roughly along the Po River and the Alps, connecting the western and eastern ends of Gallia Cisalpina, from Genua (Genoa) to Aquileia.
Via Aemilia Scauri——Technically, an extension of the Via Aurelia Nova, journeying north from Populonia on the western coast to Sabatia beyond Genoa.
www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=ROME1848   (1315 words)

  
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Just on Via Cassia, there is the bus stop and in 1km distance (10 min by foot) you have "La Giustiniana" station, from which a train takes you every 15/30 min to S.Pietro (Vatican City and city centre) in about 20 minutes.
The ancient roman Via Cassia, will conveniently take you (through the Etruscan area of Veio, Sutri) to the nearby lakes, to Viterbo, Orvieto, and if you want, even up to...
Via Riccardo Moretti 35 (km 14 of Via Cassia)
web.tiscali.it /cassiahouse   (303 words)

  
 Roman Roads: Viae Romanae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Carbonara, Andrea, Via Appia (Roma: Istituto poligrafico dello Stato, n.d.
Harris, W. V., "The Via Cassia and the Via Traiana Nova between Bolsena and Chiusi," Papers of the British School at Rome 33 (1965) 113-133.
Via Cassia, Via Clodia, Via Trionfale, Via Annia, Via Traiana nova, Via Amerina (Roma: Tipografia S.A.P.E. 1930); Via Nomentana; Via Patinaria; Via Tiburtina (Roma: Arti grafiche e fotomeccaniche P. Sansaini 1932).
www.csun.edu /~hcfll004/viaeromanae.html   (7869 words)

  
 Via Clodia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Via Clodia was an ancient high-road of Italy.
Its course, for the first 11 miles, was the same as that of the Via Cassia; it then diverged to the N.N.W. and ran on the W. side of the Lacus Sabatinus, past Forum Clodii and Blera.
At Forum Cassii it may have rejoined the Via Cassia, and it seems to have taken the same line as the latter as far as Florentia (Florence).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Via_Clodia   (262 words)

  
 A Pilgrim's Way: Acquapendente
The layout of Via Cassia has been modified at several points to adapt it to modern traffic needs.
The municipalities of the towns of Acquapendente and Bolsena (located at the border between Latium and Tuscany) have restored (for pedestrians only) the old Via Cassia where it diverges from the current one.
The (German) map shows Italy as it was partitioned in 1864 and the detail highlights the border between the Papal State and the Kingdom of Italy.
www.romeartlover.it /Francige1.html   (990 words)

  
 VIA CLODIA - Online Information article about VIA CLODIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Cassia; it then diverged to the N.N.W. and ran on the W. See also:
At Forum Cassii it may have rejoined the Via Cassia, and it seems to have taken the same See also:
The name seems, in imperialtimes, to have to some extent driven out that of the Cassia, and both roads were administered, with other See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /CLI_COM/CLODIA_VIA.html   (316 words)

  
 Chianti Musei - Map
Barberino can be reached from Tavarnelle by driving along the via Cassia towards Siena, or from San Donato in Poggio via Cortine and the Castello di Tignano along a panoramic but unpaved road.
There are two particularly interesting ways of reaching Tavarnelle Val di Pesa: either go via Badia di Passignano along the road from Montefioralle (part of which is unpaved), go down to Sambuca and then climb again; or continue along the Chiantigiana and take the splendid panoramic road which goes to San Donato in Poggio.
Driving along the via Cassia towards Florence for about 15 km you come to San Casciano Val di Pesa, an important medieval centre that developed as a fiefdom of the Florentine bishops.
www.chiantimusei.it /mappa_eng.html   (226 words)

  
 Delicious Italy - Via Francigena route in Lazio region   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Once a year is the 'Festival of the Bells' dating back to 1150 and the original trade fair for the pilgrims to barter goods.
The ancient via Cassia passes the 'Plain of the Baths' or thermal springs, and over the massive ancient Camillario Bridge made of one arch.
The Rocca di Vico fortress was an important strategic point on the via Cassia.
www.deliciousitaly.com /viafrancigena-lazio.htm   (682 words)

  
 Rome hotel reservation, Hotel Cassia ***   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Hotel Cassia is immersed in a verdant setting, surrounded by charming woodlands and hills, in the heart of the Lazio countryside but still ensuring an easy access to the centre of Rome either by car or train.
Place: The Hotel Cassia is a small and comfortable hotel, situated on the Via Cassia, in Rome, one if the consular roads of the Roman age.
Take exit Via Cassia and from there you can reach the hotel on foot (600 metres) or by bus line 201.
www.hotelsaroma.com /hotel.asp?id=22   (337 words)

  
 Via Cassia - Wikipedia
La via Cassia fu un'importante via consolare romana che congiungeva Roma a Florentia (l'attuale Firenze) poi prolungata sino alla via Aurelia passando per Lucca.
Subito all'inizio della via, verso il decimo chilometro, nella parte ora all'interno della città, si trova la cosiddetta Tomba di Nerone, che dà anche il nome alla zona, malgrado il sarcofago sul ciglio della strada, poco prima del Km.
Il percorso della Cassia, dopo il 774, quando i Franchi sconfissero i Longobardi fu particolarmente usato dai pellegrini che si recavano a Roma, per cui assunse il nome di Via Francigena.
it.wikipedia.org /wiki/Via_Cassia   (770 words)

  
 In Italy Online - SUTRI: A Visit to Several Ancient Cultures
We leave Rome on the Via Cassia, one of the ancient consular roads.
The entrance facing the north, toward the Via Cassia, is badly deteriorated.
To drive to the complesso archeologico di Sutri, follow Via Cassia from Rome until you reach the modern town of Sutri.
www.initaly.com /regions/classic/michael.htm   (1147 words)

  
 VIA CASSIA - Online Information article about VIA CASSIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
VIA CASSIA - Online Information article about VIA CASSIA
The date of its construction is uncertain: it cannot have been earlier than 187 B.c.,2 when the See also:
Bononia to Arretium (which must have coincided with the portion of the later Via Cassia).
encyclopedia.jrank.org /CAR_CAU/CASSIA_VIA.html   (324 words)

  
 Hotels Rome Italy - Venere.com
Hotel Cassia is a small and welcoming property located on Via Cassia, one of the main consular roads of the Roman Age.
The River Chateau is a first class hotel conveniently situated in Rome, in the quiet, residential area along Via Flaminia, easily reachable from the city centre and the Grande Raccordo Anulare ring-road.
The Villa Saint Dominique Hotel is situated along the via Cassia in a prestigious area of Rome, around 8 km from the city's historic centre.
en.venere.com /hotels_rome/cassia   (395 words)

  
 The Glory That Was Rome: Siege Warfare Artillery and Fortifications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The first all-weather roads connected the capital and those Italian towns which had been recently subdued or colonized, the Via Appia (Appian Way) joined Rome with Capua; the Via Flaminia connected Rome with the Latin colony of Ariminum in former Celtic territory.
By the end of the republic roads had been constructed in some of the provinces such as southern Gaul and Illyria but the great period of highway construction came under the emperors.
Via Posturnia built to serve Genoa, Piacenza, Cremona, and Aquileia; Via Aemilia extended to Piacenza and Tortona (Dertona)
www.infohistory.com /rome2.html   (2670 words)

  
 People's Piazza, Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Before the demolition of the city walls visitors arriving in Rome from the north on the Via Cassia or Via Flaminia, two of the old Roman consular highways, received their first impression of the magnificence of the city when they passed through the Porta del Popolo into the Piazza del Popolo.
On the east under the Pincio hill, and on the west above the Tiber, the square is enclosed by semicircular walls built by Giuseppe Valadier in 1809-20.
The square was enlarged in the 16th century during the reign of Pope Sixtus V, and the Via di Ripetta and Via del Babuino were laid out, radiating on either side of the Via del Corso.
www.planetware.com /rome/peoples-piazza-i-la-rpp.htm   (249 words)

  
 John Heseltine - Roads To Rome (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Introduction Via Appia 1 Via Appia 2 Via Cassia Via Flaminia Via Emilia Via Aurelia Rome
The Ponte Milvio used to carry both the Via Flaminia and the Via Cassia across the Tiber and it was reputed to be the scene of the great battle when Constantine, after receiving a vision near this spot, took control of Rome and converted the city to Christianity.
In the late 1930s a new bridge was begun to carry the Via Flaminia away from the city in Fascist trumphal style but it wasn’t opened to traffic until 1951.
www.heseltine.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /roads%20to%20rome/via%20cassia.htm   (323 words)

  
 Domina Inn Cassia Roma Via Barbarano Romano, 19 Domina Roma Cassia is a first class hotel located in Rome, Italy. ...
Domina Inn Cassia Roma Via Barbarano Romano, 19 Domina Roma Cassia is a first class hotel located in Rome, Italy.
This welcoming hotel is in the Prati district, close to the Vatican and St. Peter`s.
It is sited in a 20th century palace, in a quiet area, and built in the liberty style with easy access via the metro.
romes-hotel.com /hotels/bestsuperior/hotelinfo/i/hotelid/6420   (310 words)

  
 Tourism in the Chianti. Budget accomodations between florence and Siena, rent appartment and villa
The village is in a breathtaking panoramic position, on the top of a hill of 373 meter above the sea level, dominating the west part of the Chianti Classico wine region.
Masi E. via Cassia 27, just out the old village, on the right along the Cassia road toward Siena.
Along the Cassia road, in the middle of the village, under the bus stop after the shell petrol station.
www.bardotti.com /links.htm   (1072 words)

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