Roman roads in Portugal at a glance
Portugal has about 6,176 km of Roman road in the Itiner-e atlas, mapped as 239 segments. That puts it 14th among the 39 countries with Roman roads in the dataset. None of it is classed as certain: almost all of it is conjectured, so the line on the map is a best estimate of the course rather than a surveyed route. None of the roads here has a well-known name in the data, so the map shows unnamed Roman roads only. 57 Roman places (towns, forts, ports and stops) lie along the roads.
- 6,176 kmof Roman road
- 239segments
- 0named roads
- 57Roman places
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 0 | 0% |
| Conjectured | 6,176 | 100% |
| Hypothetical | 0 | 0% |
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 Portugal
57 Roman places lie on or beside the roads here. Names come from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Aquae Flaviae
- Elvas
- Ebora
- Pax Iulia
- Scallabis
- Serpa
- Bracara Augusta
- Aeminium
- Castelo de Garvão
- Herdade do Monte do Outeiro
- (Iulia) Myrtilis
- Abelterium
- Ammaia
- Balsa
- Castelo Branco
- Civitas Zoelarum
- Lamecum
- Limia
- Longobriga
- Mirobriga
- Moura
- Ossonoba
- Tubucci
- (B)Aesuris
- Lac(c)obriga
- Salacia (Imperatoria)
- Sellium
- Sines
- Ocelum
- Portus Hannibalis
- A(qua)bona
- Alcains
- Alpedrinha
- Aritium
- Aritium Praetorium
- Cabeço do Vouga
- Caetobriga
- Cale
- Castellum Araocelum
- Compleutica
- Conimbriga
- Eburobrittium
- Elbocoris
- Fines
- Formigais
- Lagos
- Langobriga
- Malateca
- Matusarum
- Metallum Vipascense
- Nossa Senhora d'Aires
- Quinta do Trindade
- S. Pedro do Sul
- Salacia
- Salaniana
- Vicus Atucausensis
- Vicus Vagornicensis
Towns near Roman roads in Portugal
These are the larger towns in Portugal 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.
- Lisbon
- Porto
- Braga
- Amadora
- Coimbra
Source
Road lines: Itiner-e (CC BY 4.0). Places: Pleiades (CC BY 3.0). Lengths are measured along the road lines inside the Portugal boundary. See all data sources and licences.