About the Via Postumia
The Via Postumia is a Roman road about 462 km long in the Itiner-e atlas of ancient roads. It is mapped as 25 separate segments within Italy. 14 Roman places lie along it, from Aquileia to Genua.
Only 7% of the Via Postumia is classed as certain; 93% is conjectured.
- 462 kmlength
- 25segments
- 14Roman places
- 1country
How sure are we where it ran?
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 33.7 | 7% |
| Conjectured | 429 | 93% |
| 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 Postumia goes
| Country | Length (km) |
|---|---|
| Italy | 462 |
Roman places along the Via Postumia
In order along the route, from Aquileia to Genua. Names are the Roman ones from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Aquileia
- Apicilia
- Iulia Concordia
- Opitergium
- Vicetia
- Verona
- Bedriacum
- Cremona
- Placentia
- Comeli magus
- Iria
- Dertona
- Libarna
- Genua
Modern towns near the route
These towns and cities are within about 4 km of the road, in route order.
- Portogruaro (Italy)
- Oderzo (Italy)
- Lancenigo-Villorba (Italy)
- Castelfranco Veneto (Italy)
- Vicenza (Italy)
- Montecchio Maggiore-Alte Ceccato (Italy)
- San Bonifacio (Italy)
- Verona (Italy)
- Villafranca di Verona (Italy)
- Cremona (Italy)
- Piacenza (Italy)
- Voghera (Italy)
- Tortona (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 25 segments (segments citing each in brackets): [1] Matteazzi 2017 (12): Matteazzi, Michele (2017). All the Roads to Patavium: Morphology, Genesis and Development of the Roman Road Network Around Padua. in Open Archaeology 3. [2] Luccarini 2002 (6): short reference only, not listed in the Itiner-e bibliography file. [3] BAtlas 39 (5): short reference only, not listed in the Itiner-e bibliography file.. Route lines: Itiner-e, CC BY 4.0. See all data sources and licences.
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