Via Tiburtina
The Via Tiburtina ("Tiburtinische Strasse") was a state road ( via publica ) of the Roman Empire .
Antiquity
The Via Tiburina connects the city of Rome with Tibur (now Tivoli ). It leaves Rome to the east, heads northeast to the Ponte Mammolo , where it crosses the Anio , and runs again in an easterly direction. The street at Settecamini was 3.5 m wide. At the Ponte Lucano near Tibur it crossed the Anio again and led steeply past the Tempio della Tosse to the Porta Esquilina of Tibur (today Porta del Colle). The road first led to the temples in Tibur and was later used by the Roman aristocrats who built their villas in Tibur.
The Via Valeria is the continuation from Tibur to the east.
Modern times
Today the Via Tiburtina is an important part of the Italian highway network as state road 5 (SS5). It connects Rome with Pescara in the Abruzzo region .
See also
literature
- Gerhard Radke : Viae publicae Romanae. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplementary volume XIII, Stuttgart 1973, Sp. 1481 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Inscribed mentions: CIL 6, 36364 , CIL 9, 4965 .
- ^ Gerhard Radke : Viae publicae Romanae. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplementary volume XIII, Stuttgart 1973, Sp. 1481 f.