Via Tiburtina

Ponte Lucano , around 1840

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 .

literature

Gerhard Radke : Viae publicae Romanae. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplementary volume XIII, Stuttgart 1973, Sp. 1481 f.

Web links

Commons : Via Tiburtina - collection of images, videos and audio files

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.

[1] Inscribed mentions: CIL 6, 36364 , CIL 9, 4965 .

[2] Gerhard Radke : Viae publicae Romanae. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplementary volume XIII, Stuttgart 1973, Sp. 1481 f.