About the Via Traiana
The Via Traiana is a Roman road about 295 km long in the Itiner-e atlas of ancient roads. It is mapped as 12 separate segments within Italy. 11 Roman places lie along it, from Brundisium to Beneventum.
None of the Via Traiana 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.
- 295 kmlength
- 12segments
- 11Roman places
- 1country
How sure are we where it ran?
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 0 | 0% |
| Conjectured | 295 | 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 Traiana goes
| Country | Length (km) |
|---|---|
| Italy | 295 |
Roman places along the Via Traiana
In order along the route, from Brundisium to Beneventum. Names are the Roman ones from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Brundisium
- Ad Speluncas
- Egnatia
- Diria?
- Caelia (Apulia)
- Butuntum
- Canusium
- Herdoniae
- Aecae
- Vescellium?
- Beneventum
Modern towns near the route
These towns and cities are within about 4 km of the road, in route order.
- Brindisi (Italy)
- Monopoli (Italy)
- Conversano (Italy)
- Rutigliano (Italy)
- Noicattaro (Italy)
- Triggiano (Italy)
- Valenzano (Italy)
- Carbonara di Bari (Italy)
- Modugno (Italy)
- Bitonto (Italy)
- Terlizzi (Italy)
- Ruvo di Puglia (Italy)
- Corato (Italy)
- Canosa di Puglia (Italy)
- Cerignola (Italy)
- Orta Nova (Italy)
- Benevento (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 12 segments (segments citing each in brackets): [1] BAtlas 45 (5): Edlund-Berry, I. E. M. & Small, A. M. (2000). Map 45 Tarentum. in Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, pp. 730-753. [2] Ceraudo 2008 (3): short reference only, not listed in the Itiner-e bibliography file. [3] BAtlas 44 (2): Purcell, NIcholas (2000). Map 44 Latium-Campania. in Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, pp. 699-729. Restricted to segments south of 42.5 N (the Benevento to Brindisi road); the same label is also used in the data for a Lower Rhine road, which is not matched.. Route lines: Itiner-e, CC BY 4.0. See all data sources and licences.
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