About the Via Latina
The Via Latina is a Roman road about 193 km long in the Itiner-e atlas of ancient roads. It is mapped as 22 separate segments within Italy. 14 Roman places lie along it, from Capua to Roma.
Only 11% of the Via Latina is classed as certain; 89% is conjectured.
- 193 kmlength
- 22segments
- 14Roman places
- 1country
How sure are we where it ran?
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 21.1 | 11% |
| Conjectured | 172 | 89% |
| 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 Latina goes
| Country | Length (km) |
|---|---|
| Italy | 193 |
Roman places along the Via Latina
In order along the route, from Capua to Roma. Names are the Roman ones from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Capua
- Cales (Campania)
- Teanum Sidicinum
- Ad Flexum
- Casinum
- Aquinum
- Fregellae
- Frusino
- Ferentinum
- Ad Bivium
- Ad Pictas
- Tusculum
- Ad Decimum
- Roma
Modern towns near the route
These towns and cities are within about 4 km of the road, in route order.
- Capua (Italy)
- Cassino (Italy)
- Frosinone (Italy)
- Colleferro (Italy)
- Rocca di Papa (Italy)
- Frascati (Italy)
- Grottaferrata (Italy)
- Marino (Italy)
- Ciampino (Italy)
- Giardinetti-Tor Vergata (Italy)
- Casal Bertone (Italy)
- Rome (Italy)
- Esquilino (Italy)
- Vatican City (Vatican City)
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 22 segments (segments citing each in brackets): [1] BAtlas 43 (9): Quilici, L. & Quilici Gigli, S. (2000). Map 43 Latium Vetus. in Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, pp. 680-698. [2] BAtlas 44 (9): Purcell, NIcholas (2000). Map 44 Latium-Campania. in Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, pp. 699-729. [3] Valenti 1999 (3): Valenti, Massimiliano (1999). Osservazioni sul percorso della via Latina tra Aquinum e ad flexum. in Terra dei Volsci 2, pp. 127-144.. Route lines: Itiner-e, CC BY 4.0. See all data sources and licences.
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