Via Popilia
A section of the Via Popilia (Capua-Rhegium) in the modern metropolitan city of Reggio Calabria .
The Via Popilia is a Roman road in Campania and Calabria .
course
It became 132 BC. Built under the consul Publius Popillius Laenas and led for about 400 km from Capua via Nocera (Nuceria), Morano (Moranum), Cosenza (Consentia), Vibo Valentia (Valentia) to Reggio Calabria (Rhegium) in the south.
literature
- Focke Tannen Hinrichs: The Roman road construction at the time of the Gracchen . Historia, 16, 1967
See also
Web links
Commons : Via Popilia - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in the Encyclopedia Britannica
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
