Roman roads in Austria at a glance
Austria has about 3,767 km of Roman road in the Itiner-e atlas, mapped as 170 segments. That puts it 19th among the 39 countries with Roman roads in the dataset. Only 0.5% of it is classed as certain; 97% is conjectured and 3% is hypothetical. One road here has a well-known name, and the longest is Via Claudia Augusta. 80 Roman places (towns, forts, ports and stops) lie along the roads.
- 3,767 kmof Roman road
- 170segments
- 1named road
- 80Roman places
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 18.1 | 0% |
| Conjectured | 3,636 | 97% |
| Hypothetical | 113 | 3% |
Certain: well documented, mapped to within about 50 to 200 m. Conjectured: known road, course less precisely documented. Hypothetical: route not pinned down, or existence uncertain.
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Named Roman roads in Austria
The longest is the Via Claudia Augusta, with 126 km of it in Austria.
| Road | Length in Austria (km) |
|---|---|
| Via Claudia Augusta | 126 |
Roman places in Austria
80 Roman places lie on or beside the roads here. These 60 are the most important. Names come from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Carnuntum
- Ovilava
- Virunum
- Boiodurum
- Santicum
- Gleisdorf
- Teurnia
- Ad Mauros
- Aguntum
- Anisus
- Cetium
- Namare
- Poidikon
- Stiriate
- Vetonianis
- Braunau
- Brigantium
- Vindobona
- Ad Ponte(m) Ises
- Ar(e)lape
- Augustiana
- Comagena
- Faviana
- Graviacis
- Höflein
- In Murio
- Loncium?
- Meclaria
- Oberdrauburg
- Surontio
- Tergolape
- Veldidena
- Ernolatia
- Flavia Solva
- Gabromago
- Laciacis
- Lauriacum
- Lentia
- Lo(a)cus Felicis?
- Ad Pontem
- Aquae
- Aequinoctium
- Ala Nova
- Asturis?
- Batavi
- Beliandrum
- Braunsberg
- Candalicae
- Cannabiaca?
- Clunia
- Col. Carnuntum
- Cucullae
- Feldkirchen
- Gröbming
- Guntramsdorf
- Gurina
- Hallstatt
- Ioviacum?
- Iuenna
- Iuvavum
Towns near Roman roads in Austria
These are the larger towns in Austria that lie within 5 km of a Roman road line on the map (not counting the hypothetical lines). Being close to a Roman road does not make a town Roman, but it shows where the old routes still pass by today.
- Vienna
- Graz
- Linz
- Favoriten
- Floridsdorf
Source
Road lines: Itiner-e (CC BY 4.0). Places: Pleiades (CC BY 3.0). Lengths are measured along the road lines inside the Austria boundary. See all data sources and licences.