About the Strata Diocletiana
The Strata Diocletiana is a Roman road about 195 km long in the Itiner-e atlas of ancient roads. It is mapped as 8 separate segments within Syria.
Only 32% of the Strata Diocletiana is classed as certain; 68% is conjectured.
- 195 kmlength
- 8segments
- 1Roman places
- 1country
How sure are we where it ran?
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 63 | 32% |
| Conjectured | 132 | 68% |
| 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.
Where the Strata Diocletiana goes
| Country | Length (km) |
|---|---|
| Syria | 195 |
Roman places along the Strata Diocletiana
In order along the route, from Palmyra to Palmyra. Names are the Roman ones from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Palmyra
Modern towns near the route
These towns and cities are within about 4 km of the road, in route order.
- Tadmur (Syria)
Source
Road name as recorded in the Itinerary field of Itiner-e (version 2024 1.3, doi:10.5281/zenodo.17122148). Sources most often cited by its 8 segments (segments citing each in brackets): [1] Poidebard 1934 (8): Poidebard, Antoine (1934). La trace do Rome dans le désert de Syrie. Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris. [2] Bauzou 1993 (8): Bauzou, Thomas (1993). Épigraphie et toponymie: le cas de la Palmyrène du sud-ouest. in Syria 70, pp. 27-50. [3] Mior 2016 (8): Mior, Paola (2016). The Road from Palmyra to Damascus in the Tabula Peutingeriana. in Palmyrena: City, Hinterland and Caravan Trade between Orient and Occident.. Route lines: Itiner-e, CC BY 4.0. See all data sources and licences.
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