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| Keywords: The Ancient Roads of Italy and Sicily nopng.svg en <br>The major roads of Italy going from Rome are as follows going clockwise from the left <br>Green Via Aurelia -> Via Aumelia Scaura -> Via Julia Augusta Bright green Via Clodia <br>Yellow Via Cassia <br>Blue Via Flaminia <br>Grey Via Salaria <br>Dark purple -> purple Via Tiburtina -> Via Valeria <br>Carrot red Via Latina <br>Bright red Via Appia <br>Dark blue Via Ostiensis <br> <br>Additional major roads specified on the map <br>Via Popilia going to southern Italy Rhegium from Via Latina <br>and Via Appia crossroads cyan <br>Via Traiana branching from Via Appia and also going to Brundisium dark red <br>Via Aemilia starting from the end of Via Flaminia at Ariminum and going to Placentia orange <br>Via Postumia going from Genua Genoa on the northwest of Italy to Aquileia on the northeast dark green <br> Licensing <br> <br>The data from this map was collected from pages 26 27 30 and 31 of the 1926 edition of the Historical Atlas by William R Shepherd The scans used to trace the paths were downloaded from the University of Texas Libraries at <br>http //www lib utexas edu/maps/historical/history_shepherd_1923 html <br> <br>Specifically <br>http //www lib utexas edu/maps/historical/shepherd/italy_ancient_north jpg <br>http //www lib utexas edu/maps/historical/shepherd/italy_ancient_south jpg <br> <br>I cannot find the latest date these roads were all built in except to say that they were all extremely likely to have been built before 476AD the ceremonial demise of the Western Roman Empire <br> <br>I could add the PNG background but I am as yet unsure how I would embed it in an svg <br> <br>Corrections and additions are welcome own Agamemnus 2010-01-09 <gallery> File Italy topographic map-ancient Roman roads svg </gallery> Maps of ancient Roman roads in Italy | ||||
