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	Roman road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Via Domitia (118 BC), from Nimes to the Pyrenees, where it joins to the Via Augusta at the Col de Panissars.
		Via Traiana Nova, from Lake Bolsena to the Via Cassia.
		Via Augusta, from Cádiz to the Pyrenees, where it joins to the Via Domitia at the Coll de Panissars, near La Jonquera.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roman_road (3365 words)

	Terracina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The construction of the Via Appia in 312 BC added to its importance: the road at first crossed the hill at the back of the promontory by a steep ascent and descent.
		The construction of the coast road, the Via Severiana, from Ostia to Tarracina, added to the importance of the place; and the beauty of the promontory with its luxuriant flora and attractive view had made it frequented by the Romans as early as 200 BC.
		The summit of the promontory (748 ft.) is reached by the old line of the Via Appia, which is flanked by tombs and by remains of an ancient defensive wall with circular towers (currently attributed to Theodoric, but probably a good deal earlier in date).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Terracina (958 words)

	Via Maris - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Via Maris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Via Maris is an ancient trading route dating from the Early Bronze Age which linked Egypt with the northern empires of Syria, Anatolia and Mesopotamia - modern day Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria.
		The Via Maris was crossed by other trading routes, so that one could travel from Africa to Europe or from Asia to Africa.
		There is also a reference to the Via Maris in Isaiah 9 verse 1.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Via-Maris.html (269 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 1195 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		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)

	OSTIA - LoveToKnow Article on OSTIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		S.W. from Rome by the Via Ostiensis, a road of very ancient origin still followed by a modern road which preserves some traces of the old pavement and remains of several ancient bridges.
		It was the first colony ever founded by Romeaccording to the Romans themselves, by Ancus Martiusand took its name from its position at the mouth (ostium) of the river.
		Its origin is connected with the establishment of the salt-marshes (salinae see SALARIA, VIA) which only ceased to exist in 1875, though it acquired importance as a harbour in very early times.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /O/OS/OSTIA.htm (1813 words)

	Encyclopedia: Terracina
		A colonia was a Roman outpost, usually established by veterans of a Roman Legion, who received land as a part of their retirement from the Legions.
		Not far off are mineral springs by the coast, known to the Romans as Neptuniae aquae and still in use, except one containing arsenic which was blocked up both by the ancients and again in 1839 as a precaution.
		Via Severiana was an ancient highroad of Italy, running southeast from Ostia to Terracina, a distance of 73 miles along the coast, and taking its name, no doubt, from the restoration of an already existing road by Septimius Severus, who was a great benefactor of Ostia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Terracina (1763 words)

	The area to the south and east
		1 kilometre to the north of the Via Ostiensis, the southern border 4 kilometres to the south.
		Along the coast ran the Via Severiana, which was built in the first century AD and restored under the Severan Emperors.
		The channel was an administrative border, between the territory of Ostia and that of a city to the south: Laurentum, probably to be identified with Lavinium (Pratica di Mare).
	www.ostia-antica.org /dict/south/south.htm (1178 words)

	Romeguide: Archeological Areas - markets, monuments, mausoleums, insula, Ludus Magnus, Ipogeo, Via Appia, Excubitorium, ...
		This fortificatio, together with the Bastion della Colonella in Via Marmorata, was the only one one of its kind as the defensive programme was interrupted for for lack of funds and the diminished danger posed by the Otoman Empire.
		The monument was discovered at the end of the 1930s in the course of embankment work for the construction of Via Imperiale, when the demolition of rustic cottage, evidence of agricultural explotation of the Roman suburbs which from the late Republi era up continunued up to this century, indicated a much older building complex.
		Side by side with the modern Tuscolana, slightly beyond Via di Pora Furba, a 12 m high artificial hill is found in the middle of a small park spared from the assault of intensive building developments.
	www.romeguide.it /MONUM/ARCHEOL/ARCHEOIN.HTM (2528 words)

	Stanford Digital Forma Urbis Romae Project Viewer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Via Anicia map is of the same scale as the Severan Marble Plan (1:240), suggesting that both were drawn from the same cadastral map, perhaps dating to the first half of the second century CE.
		The author concludes that the Saepta occupied the space bordered by the Iseum and the Villa Publica to the east, the Baths of Agrippa and the Pantheon to the west, the Diribitorium to the south, and the via del Seminario to the north.
		According to Coarelli, the temple found in Via delle Botteghe Oscure is that of the Nymphs, and Temples A-D in the Largo Argentina are those of Iuturna, of Fortuna Huiusce Diei, of Feronia, and of the Lares Permarini, respectively (Coarelli 1981).
	formaurbis.stanford.edu /docs/FURbiblio.html (16221 words)

	Terracina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Its position, at the point where the Volscian Hills reach the coast, leaving no space for passage between them and the sea, commanding the Pontine Marshes (urbs prona in paludes, as Livy calls it) and possessing a small harbour, was one of great strategic importance; and it thus appears very early in Roman history.
		It was probably in consequence of the cutting just mentioned that some of the more important buildings of the imperial period were erected in the low ground by the shore, and near the small harbour.
		The construction of the coast road, the Via Severiana, from Ostia to Tarracina, added to the importance of the place; and the beauty of the promontory with its luxuriant flora and attractive view had made it frequented by the Romans as early as 200 B.C. Galba and Domitian possessed villas here.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/T/Terracina.htm (989 words)

	Roman Coastal State Nature Reserve - Plinius's Villa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		oving away from the Severiana way, along the path that begins where a post indicating no. 16 is situated, the Villa can be reached in a short space of time (the villa is fenced-off and can be visited by appointment).
		A few metres further on, you come across a large clearing where the remains of the so-called Villa "of Plinius" (Plinius the Younger, to be precise) are located.
		Of particular interest is the area of the thermal baths and the mosaic, to be found just after the arch at the entrance.
	www.romacivica.net /cyberia/riserva/eplinio.htm (307 words)

	Ostia Synagogue-Area Masonry Analysis Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		With the building of a new Roman "superhighway" (called the Via Severiana) at the end of the 2nd century CE, this area grew further and apparently took on new importance in the life of the late Roman city.
		We were able to identify which areas had not been given either field or architectural drawings, such as the nymphaeum in the southwest corner of the Synagogue complex, and began to draw those missing features in order to complete the architectural plan for the region.
		In addition to creating these plans, we also established an official numbering system for the entire area along the lower Via Severiana which had been neglected in previous plans; this "official" numbering system was approved by Dott.ssa Zevi and accepted by Dott.ssa Elizabeth Jane Shepherd, head of the Ostia Archives.
	isac.class.utexas.edu:8008 /osmap/mainAction.php (1967 words)

	Roman Roads: Viae Romanae
		Alpago-Novello, A., Da Altino a Maia sulla Via Claudia Augusta (Milano 1972).
		Carbonara, Andrea, Via Appia (Roma: Istituto poligrafico dello Stato, n.d.
		Harris, William V., "A milestone from the Via Traiana Nova near Orvieto (AÉ 1969/1970, 186 a and b)," ZPE 85 (1991) 186-188.
	www.csun.edu /~hcfll004/viaeromanae.html (7682 words)

	Terracina, Latina - Lazio - Italy
		Along these 3 miles of the Via Appia are numerous ancient tombs, and the fertile valley to the northeast was thickly populated in Roman days.
		The Via Severiana, from Ostia to Tarracina, met the Appia some few miles east of Tarracina.
		The Roman buildings on the summit of the promontory, reached by the old line of the Via Appia, which is flanked by tombs and by remains of an ancient defensive wall with circular towers (attributed to Theodoric, but probably earlier).
	www.italyworldclub.com /lazio/latina/terracina.htm (634 words)

	ansa.it - Turismo Lazio - DISCOVERING PLINY'S VILLA AND THE SEVERIANA WAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		FIUMICINO (ROME) - Pliny's villa and the Severiana way, among the most beautiful places in the pine wood of Castelfusano, near Ostia, will be at the center of a guided tour on Sunday, October 30.
		The villa is just a few meters away from the Severiana road and during the Roman era was extremely near the coast while today it is some 600 meters from the sea.
		The so-called Pliny's villa was the object of illegal excavations and thefts since the 1700's by local landowners and regular excavation campaigns have been carried out since the 1930's.
	www.ansa.it /turismo/notizie/notiziari/english/20051028124233698992.html (188 words)

	Roman Coastal State Nature Reserve - Castel Fusano Park - The Map and itineraries
		The "Via Severiana" is a beautiful naturalistic itinerary, opening up into the mediterranean maquis, along the Roman Coastline.
		If you get tired, you can came back through the asphalted street, running parallel to "Via Severiana", that is closed to traffic vehicular (Villa di Plinio road).
		As regards the first part of "Via Severiana", disabled people should consider that it is very disconnected.
	www.romacivica.net /cyberia/riserva/efusano5.htm (816 words)

	Classical Gazetteer, page 370 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Via posthcmia, a road from Genoa to Verona.
		Via severiana, a coast road from Ostia to
		Via trajana, a branch of Via Appia, bet.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /gazetteer/0372.html (321 words)

	Via Ostiense
		La via Ostinese, il cui tracciato costituiva un naturale prolungamento della via Salaria, fu iniziata nel IV sec.
		Ripresa la via Ostiense giungiamo, dopo circa due chilometri, ad una vasta area cimiteriale utilizzata nel periodo compreso tra la fine della Repubblica al V sec.
		Proseguendo sulla via Ostiense possiamo vedere le catacombe di Commodilla, Felice ed Adautto che sono state in gran parte utilizzate tra il IV e il V secolo a.C. Superato il raccordo anulare incontriamo, dopo circa un chilometro, un ponte romano situato sotto il fosso di Malafede.
	www.iterconficere.net /ostiense.htm (1471 words)

	The Glory That Was Rome: Siege Warfare Artillery and Fortifications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		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)

	Léptis Magna
		Salta subito all’occhio il grande arco quadrifronte (le arcate sono tutte crollate) di Settimio Severo, sulla via trionfale, numerose le decorazioni in marmo sia sulle colonne che sulle altre superfici, raffiguranti le gloriose gesta dell’imperatore.
		In rigoroso ordine ecco le terme, le più vaste e ricche fra quelle delle province dell’impero: la grande palestra, la piscina con colonne ai lati, calidarium, frigidarium e tepidarium, i locali classici delle terme con nicchie che ospitavano statue, preziosi mosaici in vetro ingentilivano le diverse stanze.
		Si prosegue la visita per i larghi colonnati, la via trionfale e il cardo maximus, il mercato, il luogo degli affari che accoglieva i mercanti e i compratori tra colonnati, statue e bassorilievi di stile ellenico.
	www.itinerariafricani.net /leptismagna.htm (559 words)

	Parks of Rome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The enchanting oasis of vegetation of the Villa houses is the setting for one of the most interesting art galleries in the city - the Galleria Borghese.
		The park was created between 1644 and 1652 for Prince Camillo Pamphilj and is the largest park in Rome (1,809,000 square meters), with undulating terrain, fields, picturesque walkways, pine forests, fountains, lakes and gardens.
		Visitors may enjoy the nature pathways with special routes for joggers or athletes or sit by the sides of the lake where, during the summer, musical concert are held.Currently, only part of the villa is open to the public (340,000 square meters).
	www.romaonline.it /lipu/birds.htm (605 words)

	RT04-AreaSacra.html
		Via Torre di Argentina runs along the western edge, between the excavation and Teatro Argentina, and traffic is also heavy on the shorter northern and southern ends, but Via S. Nocolo de' Cesarini to the east of the dig, facing the front of the temples, has a safe viewing area.
		The biggest of the four temples was Temple D, which is still mostly hidden under Via Florida to the south of the excavation.
		It has at least two phases, both of which were based on cement cores, so even the first phase is not likely to be earlier than the 2nd century BC.
	www.mmdtkw.org /RT04-AreaSacraArgentina.html (1606 words)

	No al prolungamento di via Mar Rosso
		Tale progetto, sul quale, in via informale, avevamo a suo già espresso numerose riserve, alla luce della sentenza di annullamento del decreto istitutivo della Riserva del Litorale, emesso dal TAR Lazio, crediamo debba essere oggi sospeso o addirittura annullato.
		Innanzitutto l’apertura di via del Mar Rosso, oltre a comportare disagi ai cittadini che vi abitano, non risolverebbe in alcun modo i problemi della viabilità dell’area.
		L’apertura di via Mar Rosso non comporterebbe quindi che un aumento di traffico convogliato su una strada che non può assolutamente sostenerlo.
	www.verdinrete.it /ostia/documenti/mar_rosso_com.htm (4502 words)

	La Riviera di Ulisse
		I lavori di pavimentazione in blocchi di tufo comimciarono nel 258 per opera dei fratelli Ogulnii e continuarono, successivamente, fino a Capua (191) con blocchi poligonali di lava basaltica.
		A questa via soprintendeva un magistrato particolare, istituito da Giulio Cesare.
		A Terracina si univa a essa la via Severiana, da da Ostia seguiva il litorale per Anzio, Astura e Circei.
	digilander.libero.it /scuolaterritorio/serv05.htm (4156 words)

	Welcome on the Internet site of the Roman Roads in the Medit
		Augustus had the via Claudia Julia Augusta built for him in Italy in 13 B.C. and the via Augusta in 8 B.C. Tiberius created the African network, Trajan built the Balkan network and Hadrian worked towards the creation of the British network.
		Later the names of the Emperors who had decided on the construction were given to the roads, which is the reasoning behind via Julia Augusta and via Augusta (Augustus) and via Severiana, (Septimus Severus) for example.
		the trophy of Pompey on the via Domitia).
	www.viaeromanae.org /index.php3?langue=en&id_gmenu=829&code_menu=accgen&niv1=A (741 words)

	TERRACINA: una piccola Roma prossima alla caduta - Turismo di Arcobaleno
		Scendendo poi lungo via dell’Annunziata, si arriva all’altezza di due leoni funerari: salendo a sinistra c’è il parco della
		Rimembranza, aperto il giovedì e la domenica o su prenotazione, con i resti di quello che viene normalmente identificato con il tempio di Minerva.
		Nella stessa area sono ancora ben visibili i resti delle mura costruite probabilmente in età tardorepubblicana, forse per proteggere la via Appia dall’ascesa di Silla, con pareti alte fino a 5 m e spesse 1,80.
	www.zodiaco.net /turismo/terracina.htm (1564 words)

	A Visit to Laurentum :: The Roman Mysteries
		It was very dangerous walking along 'Via Cristoforo Colombo' because there was no pavement at all.
		After another five minutes I came to a cross roads and found the 'Via della Villa di Plinio' (Pliny's Villa Road).
		Although Septimius Severus - the Emperor who built the Via Severiana - lived about a century after Flavia, his road would almost certainly have run over the existing Roman coastal route.
	www.romanmysteries.com /books/LaurentumVisit1.htm (801 words)

	Castelporziano
		La Tenuta, infatti, assicura la permanenza in purezza di equini e bovini di razza maremmana, quasi in via di estinzione, allevati allo stato brado ed accuditi da esperti butteri, secondo una tradizione secolare.
		Il complesso degli insediamenti costieri è messo in comunicazione con Roma attraverso un composito sistema viario costituito oltre che dalle vie Ostiense, Laurentina e dalle loro diramazioni, dalla Via Severiana antico sentiero lungo costa che, unificato, funge da collegamento tra il sistema portuale Ostiense ed il Latium Vetus costiero.
		Delle seconde, che si susseguivano quasi senza soluzione di continuità lungo l'asse costiero della via Severiana, sono in luce presso la costa moderna notevoli resti che testimoniano la loro monumentalità e la ricchezza degli apparati decorativi costituiti da pavimenti a mosaico, pitture e rivestimenti marmorei.
	www.quirinale.it /residenze/castelporziano/castelporziano-aa.htm (1593 words)

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