About the Via Domitiana
The Via Domitiana is a Roman road about 37.5 km long in the Itiner-e atlas of ancient roads. It is mapped as 1 separate segments within Italy. 2 Roman places lie along it, from Cumae to Sinues(s)a.
None of the Via Domitiana 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.
- 37.5 kmlength
- 1segments
- 2Roman places
- 1country
How sure are we where it ran?
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 0 | 0% |
| Conjectured | 37.5 | 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 Domitiana goes
| Country | Length (km) |
|---|---|
| Italy | 35.1 |
Roman places along the Via Domitiana
In order along the route, from Cumae to Sinues(s)a. Names are the Roman ones from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Cumae
- Sinues(s)a
Modern towns near the route
These towns and cities are within about 4 km of the road, in route order.
- Pozzuoli (Italy)
- Monterusciello (Italy)
- Castel Volturno (Italy)
- Mondragone (Italy)
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 1 segment (segments citing each in brackets): [1] BAtlas 44 (1): Purcell, NIcholas (2000). Map 44 Latium-Campania. in Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, pp. 699-729.. Route lines: Itiner-e, CC BY 4.0. See all data sources and licences.
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