Editing Roman roads (section)

==Locations==

There are many examples of roads that still follow the route of Roman roads.

===Italy===

[[File:The Ancient Roads of Italy and Sicily nopng.svg|thumb|right|Italian and Sicilian roads in the time of ancient Rome]]
'''Major roads'''
* [[Via Aemilia]], from [[Rimini| Rimini (Ariminum)]] to [[Piacenza|Placentia]]
* [[Via Appia]], the Appian Way (312 BC), from Rome to [[Apulia]]
* [[Via Aurelia]] (241 BC), from Rome to France
* [[Via Cassia]], from Rome to [[Tuscany]]
* [[Via Flaminia]] (220 BC), from Rome to [[Rimini| Rimini (Ariminum)]]
* [[Via Raetia]], from [[Verona]] north across the [[Brenner Pass]]
* [[Via Salaria]], from Rome to the [[Adriatic Sea]] (in the [[Marches]])

'''Others'''
* {{ill|Via Aemilia in Hirpinis|it}}
* [[Via Aemilia Scauri]] (109 BC)
* [[Via Aquillia]], branches off the Appia at [[Capua]] to the sea at Hipponium ([[Vibo Valentia]])
* [[Via Brixiana]], from [[Cremona]] to [[Brescia]]

* [[Via Canalis]], from [[Udine]], [[Gemona]] and [[Val Canale]] to [[Villach]] in [[Carinthia]] and then over Alps to [[Salzburg]] or [[Vienna]]
* [[Via Claudia Julia Augusta]] (13 BC)
* [[Via Claudia Nova]] (47 AD)
* [[Via Clodia]], from Rome to [[Tuscany]] forming a system with the Cassia
* [[Via Domiziana|Via Domitiana]], coast road from Naples to Formia
* [[Via Flacca]]
* [[Via Flavia]], from [[Trieste|Trieste (Tergeste)]] to [[Dalmatia (Roman province)|Dalmatia]]
* [[Via Gemina]], from Aquileia and Trieste through the [[Karst]] to [[Materija]], [[Obrov, Hrpelje-Kozina|Obrov]], [[Lipa, Beltinci|Lipa]] and [[Klana]], from where, near [[Rijeka]], descending towards [[Trsat|Trsat (Tersatica)]] to continue along the Dalmatian coast
* {{ill|Via Herculia|it}}
* [[Via Julia Augusta]] (8 BC), exits [[Aquileia]]
* [[Via Labicana]], southeast from Rome, forming a system with the Praenestina
*[[Via Latina]], southeast from Rome to Casilinum where it joined the Via Appia.
* [[Via Ostiense|Via Ostiensis]], from Rome to [[Ostia Antica (archaeological site)|Ostia]]
* [[Via Postumia]] (148 BC), from [[Aquileia]] through [[Verona]] across the [[Apennine Mountains|Apennines]] to [[Genoa]]
* [[Via Popilia]] (132 BC), two distinct roads, one from [[Capua]] to [[Rhegium]] and the other from [[Ariminum]] through the later [[Veneto]] region
* [[Via Praenestina]], from Rome to [[Praeneste]]
* [[Via Severiana]], [[Terracina]] to [[Ostia Antica (archaeological site)|Ostia]]
* [[Via Tiberina]], from Rome to [[Ocriculum]]
* [[Via Tiburtina]], from Rome to [[Tibur]]
* [[Via Traiana]], a branch of [[Via Appia]], from [[Benevento]] to [[Brindisi]]
* [[Via Traiana Nova (Italy)]], from Lake [[Bolsena]] to the [[Via Cassia]]. Known by archaeology only
* [[Via Valeria]] from [[Tibur]] to [[Aternum]]
* Via Valeria (Sicily) from [[Messina]] to [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]]

===Other areas===

[[File:2006 0814Histria Road Market20060416.jpg|thumb|right|A road in [[Histria (Sinoe)]] presumed to be of Roman origin (The rectangular blocks are not true Roman construction.)<ref>[http://archweb.cimec.ro/Arheologie/web-histria/4imagini/imagini_eng.htm The Archaeological Site of Histria], archweb.cimec.ro.</ref>]]
[[File:BALKANS ROMAN ROADS cropped.jpg|thumb|right|Roman roads along the [[Danube]]]]

'''Africa'''
{{main|Roman roads in Africa}}
* Main road: from [[Sala Colonia]] to [[Carthage]] to [[Alexandria]].
* In [[Egypt]]: [[Via Hadriana]]
* In [[Mauretania Tingitana]] from [[Tingis]] southward (see: [[Roman roads in Morocco]])

'''Albania / North Macedonia / Greece / Turkey'''
* [[Via Egnatia]] (146 BC) connecting [[Durrës|Dyrrhachium]] (on [[Adriatic Sea]]) to [[Byzantium]] via [[Thessaloniki]]

'''Austria / Serbia / Bulgaria / Turkey'''
* [[Via Militaris]] (Via Diagonalis, Via Singidunum), connecting [[Middle Europe]] and [[Byzantium]]

'''Bulgaria / Romania'''
* [[Via Pontica]]

'''Cyprus'''
*Via Kolossus. Connecting [[Paphos]], the island Roman capital, with Salamis, the second bigger city and port.

{{anchor|France}}'''France'''

In France, a Roman road is called ''voie romaine'' in vernacular language.
* [[Via Agrippa]]
* [[Via Aquitania]], from [[Narbonne]], where it connected to the Via Domitia, to the Atlantic Ocean across [[Toulouse]] and [[Bordeaux]]
* [[Via Domitia]] (118 BC), from [[Nîmes]] to the [[Pyrenees]], where it joins to the [[Via Augusta]] at the [[Col de Panissars]]
* [[Roman road (Nord)]], extending from Dunkirk to Cassel in Nord Département

[[File:Germania inferior roads towns.png|thumb|Major Roman roads in [[Germania Inferior]]]]
'''Germania Inferior (Germany, Belgium, Netherlands)'''
* [[Roman road from Trier to Cologne]]
* [[Via Belgica]] (Boulogne-Cologne)
* Lower [[Limes Germanicus]]
* Interconnections between Lower [[Limes Germanicus]] and [[Via Belgica]]

'''Middle East'''
* [[Via Maris]]
* [[Via Traiana Nova]]
* [[Petra Roman Road]] 1st-century [[Petra]], [[Jordan]]

'''Romania'''
*[[Trajan's bridge]] and [[Iron Gates]] road.
* Via Traiana: Porolissum  Napoca Potaissa Apulum road.
* Via Pontica: [[Troesmis]] [[Piroboridava]] [[Caput]] [[Stenarum]] [[Apulum (castra)|Apulum]] [[Szeged|Partiscum]] [[Lugio]]

[[File:Hispania roads.svg|thumb|right| Roman roads in [[Hispania]], or Roman Iberia]]
'''Spain and Portugal'''
* [[Iter ab Emerita Asturicam]], from [[Sevilla]] to [[Gijón]]. Later known as ''[[Via de la Plata|Vía de la Plata]]'' (''plata'' means "silver" in Spanish, but in this case it is a false cognate of an Arabic word ''balata''), part of the fan of the [[Way of Saint James]]. Now it is the A-66 [[freeway]].
* [[Via Augusta]], from [[Cádiz]] to the [[Pyrénées]], where it joins to the [[Via Domitia]] at the [[Coll de Panissars]], near [[La Jonquera]]. It passes through [[Valencia (city in Spain)|Valencia]], [[Tarragona]] (anciently Tarraco), and [[Barcelona]].
* [[Camiño de Oro]], ending in Ourense, capital of the Province of Ourense, passing near the village of Reboledo.
* [[Via XVIII|Via Nova]] (or  Via XVIII), from [[Bracara Augusta]] to [[Asturica Augusta]]

'''Syria'''
*Road connecting [[Antioch]] and [[Chalcis]].
*[[Strata Diocletiana]], along the [[Limes Arabicus]], going through [[Palmyra]] and [[Damascus]], and south to [[Arabia (Roman province)|Arabia]].

'''Trans-Alpine roads'''

These roads connected modern Italy and Germany:
*[[Via Claudia Augusta]] (47) from [[Altinum]] (now [[Quarto d'Altino]]) to [[Augsburg]] via the [[Reschen Pass]]
[[File:Roman road in Tarsus, Mersin Province.jpg|thumb|Roman road in the urban fabric of [[Tarsus, Mersin|Tarsus]], [[Mersin Province]] in [[Turkey]]]]
'''Trans-Pyrenean roads'''

Connecting [[Hispania]] and [[Gallia]]:
*[[Ab Asturica Burdigalam]]

'''Turkey'''
* [[Roman road in Cilicia]] in south Turkey
* [[Roman Road of Ankara]]

'''United Kingdom'''
[[File:High Street and Small Water from Harter Fell.jpg|thumb|right|[[High Street (Lake District)|High Street]], a [[fell]] in the English [[Lake District]], named after the apparent Roman road which runs over the summit, which is claimed to be the highest Roman road in Britain. Its status as a Roman road is problematic, as it appears to be a holloway or [[sunken lane]], whereas the Romans built their roads on an [[Agger (ancient Rome)|agger]] or embankment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romanroads.org |title=RRRA Home |publisher=Romanroads.org |date= |accessdate=2022-03-18}}</ref>]]
{{main|Roman roads in Britannia}}
*[[Akeman Street]]
*[[Camlet Way]]
*[[Dere Street]]
*[[Ermine Street]]
*[[Fen Causeway]]
*[[Fosse Way]]
*[[King Street (Roman road)|King Street]]
*[[London-West of England Roman Roads]]
*[[Peddars Way]]
*[[Pye Road]]
*[[Roman road from Silchester to Bath]]
*[[Stane Street (Chichester)]]
*[[Stane Street (Colchester)]]
*[[Stanegate]]
*[[Via Devana]]
*[[Watling Street]]