Roman roads in Lebanon at a glance
Lebanon has about 711 km of Roman road in the Itiner-e atlas, mapped as 34 segments. That puts it 32nd among the 39 countries with Roman roads in the dataset. Only 30% of it is classed as certain; 39% is conjectured and 31% is hypothetical. None of the roads here has a well-known name in the data, so the map shows unnamed Roman roads only. 22 Roman places (towns, forts, ports and stops) lie along the roads.
- 711 kmof Roman road
- 34segments
- 0named roads
- 22Roman places
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 215 | 30% |
| Conjectured | 279 | 39% |
| Hypothetical | 217 | 31% |
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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Roman places in Lebanon
22 Roman places lie on or beside the roads here. Names come from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Arca
- Orthosia
- Beirut
- Heliopolis
- Sidon
- Tyrus
- Ad Nonum
- Alsos Asklepiou
- Beirut Souks
- Botrys
- Chamon
- Conna
- Kalamos
- Kana
- Libo
- Nihata
- Palaibyblos
- Porphyreon Polis
- Ras el-'Ain
- Sarepta
- Thamaneita
- Trieres
Towns near Roman roads in Lebanon
These are the larger towns in Lebanon 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.
- Beirut
- Ra’s Bayrūt
- Tripoli
- Sidon
- Tyre
Source
Road lines: Itiner-e (CC BY 4.0). Places: Pleiades (CC BY 3.0). Lengths are measured along the road lines inside the Lebanon boundary. See all data sources and licences.