Via Sacra

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Via Sacra (disambiguation) .

The Via Sacra viewed from the Palatine Hill

The Via Sacra (German: holy road) was the main route through the Roman Forum . It led from the Colosseum to the Capitol .

In the 5th century BC This path was expanded with a substructure to protect against rain and moisture, later reinforced and embellished with colonnades during Nero's reign .

According to recent excavations, the road was at the end of the 6th century BC. BC three meters wide and had a pavement made of tufa slabs . A wide sewer led below the road to the Cloaca Maxima .

literature

• Lawrence Richardson Jr .: A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD et al. 1992, ISBN 0-8018-4300-6 , p. 338 sv Sacra via.

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