Via Nomentana
The Via Nomentana was an ancient Roman road in Italy, leading North-East from Rome to Nomentum (modern Mentana), a distance of 23 km (14 mi). It originally bore the name "Via Ficulensis", from the old Latin village of Ficulea, about 13 km (8.1 mi) from Rome. It was subsequently extended to Nomentum, but never became an important high road, and merged in the Via Salaria a few kilometers beyond Nomentum.[citation needed ] It is followed as far as Nomentum by the modern state road, but some traces of its pavement still exist.[1]
The road started at the Porta Collina in the Servian Walls until the third century, when emperor Aurelian built the Porta Nomentana in his new set of walls.
Roman bridges
[edit ]There are the remains of at least one Roman bridge along the road, the Ponte Nomentano.
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ashby, Thomas (1911). "Nomentana, Via". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 735. Ashby cites his own contribution to Papers of British School at Rome, iii. 38 sqq.
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