Roman roads in Netherlands at a glance
Netherlands has about 1,077 km of Roman road in the Itiner-e atlas, mapped as 297 segments. That puts it 30th among the 39 countries with Roman roads in the dataset. Only 6% of it is classed as certain; 42% is conjectured and 52% is hypothetical. One road here has a well-known name, and the longest is Via Belgica. 32 Roman places (towns, forts, ports and stops) lie along the roads.
- 1,077 kmof Roman road
- 297segments
- 1named road
- 32Roman places
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 69 | 6% |
| Conjectured | 451 | 42% |
| Hypothetical | 557 | 52% |
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 Netherlands
The longest is the Via Belgica, with 47.3 km of it in Netherlands.
| Road | Length in Netherlands (km) |
|---|---|
| Via Belgica | 47.3 |
Roman places in Netherlands
32 Roman places lie on or beside the roads here. Names come from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Kastell Op de Hoge Woerd
- Coriovallum
- Traiectus?
- Nigrum Pullum
- Ceuclum
- Fectio
- Praetorium Agrippinae
- Matilo
- Batavodurum
- Blariacum
- Mederiacum
- Aurelium Cananefatium
- Grinnes
- Sablones?
- Carvium
- Catualium
- Driel-Baarskamp
- Randwijk
- Traiectum
- Albaniana
- Laurum
- Wijchen
- Carvo?
- Levefanum?
- Lugdunum
- Tegula?
- Aardenburg
- Castra Herculis?
- Loo-Loowaard
- Mannaricium
- Halder
- Huissen-Hazebergh
Towns near Roman roads in Netherlands
These are the larger towns in Netherlands 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.
- Rotterdam
- The Hague
- Utrecht
- Breda
- Nijmegen
Source
Road lines: Itiner-e (CC BY 4.0). Places: Pleiades (CC BY 3.0). Lengths are measured along the road lines inside the Netherlands boundary. See all data sources and licences.