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  Italian Visits - All about Italy - The via Flaminia
The importance of the ancient Via Flaminia is twofold: during the period of Roman expansion in the
2nd century BC the Flaminia became, with the cheaper sea route, a main axis of transportation by which wheat from the Po valley supplied Rome and central Italy; during the period of Roman decline, the Flaminia was the main road leading into the heartland of Italy: it was taken by
The modern 2‑lane road, the SS 3 Flaminia, still uses Vespasian's tunnel, the emperor's dedicatory inscription still in place; remnants of the earlier tunnel can also be seen.
www.italianvisits.com /places/via_flaminia   (869 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Cervia
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Cervia is a city in the province of Ravenna, Italy, on the ancient Via Flaminia in a marshy district not far from the sea.
It was called anciently Phicoclæ, but took its present name before 997, perhaps after the destruction of the city by fire in 708.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/03545b.htm   (240 words)

  
 Birmingham Roman Roads Project - Contacts
Entry from Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia with links to additional information on the Via Appia and Via Flaminia in Italy and Ermine Street, Fosse Way, Watling Street and Icknield Street in Britain.
Routes of Roman roads in Lancashire, UK based on book Roman Roads in Britain by Thomas Codrington (see previous entry).
Photo of Via Latina (?) at Ferentino, Italy.
www.brrp.bham.ac.uk /links/links.html   (558 words)

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