About the Via Claudia Augusta
The Via Claudia Augusta is a Roman road about 686 km long in the Itiner-e atlas of ancient roads. It is mapped as 26 separate segments and crosses Italy, Austria and Germany. The longest stretch, 452 km (66%), is in Italy. 8 Roman places lie along it, from Altinum to Augusta Vindelicum.
None of the Via Claudia Augusta 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.
- 686 kmlength
- 26segments
- 8Roman places
- 3countries
How sure are we where it ran?
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 0 | 0% |
| Conjectured | 686 | 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.
Where the Via Claudia Augusta goes
| Country | Length (km) |
|---|---|
| Italy | 452 |
| Austria | 126 |
| Germany | 108 |
Roman places along the Via Claudia Augusta
In order along the route, from Altinum to Augusta Vindelicum. Names are the Roman ones from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Altinum
- Feltria
- Hostilia
- Trident(i)um
- Verona
- Pons Drusi
- Abodiacum
- Augusta Vindelicum
Modern towns near the route
These towns and cities are within about 4 km of the road, in route order.
- Lancenigo-Villorba (Italy)
- San Giovanni Lupatoto (Italy)
- Trento (Italy)
- Verona (Italy)
- Rovereto (Italy)
- Bussolengo (Italy)
- Bolzano (Italy)
- Merano (Italy)
- Füssen (Germany)
- Landsberg am Lech (Germany)
- Bobingen (Germany)
- Königsbrunn (Germany)
- Augsburg (Germany)
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 26 segments (segments citing each in brackets): [1] CIL 17.4.2 (12): short reference only, not listed in the Itiner-e bibliography file. [2] Rathmann 2018 (8): short reference only, not listed in the Itiner-e bibliography file. [3] Bosio 1997 (7): Bosio, Luciano (1997). Le strade romane della Venetia e dell'Histria. Esedra, Padova.. Route lines: Itiner-e, CC BY 4.0. See all data sources and licences.
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