The Via Flaminia or Flaminian Way was an ancient
Roman road leading from
Rome
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over the
Apennine Mountains to ''Ariminum'' (
Rimini
Rimini ( , ; rgn, Rémin; la, Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It sprawls along the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient ''Ariminu ...
) on the coast of the
Adriatic Sea
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, and due to the ruggedness of the mountains was the major option the Romans had for travel between
Etruria,
Latium
Latium ( , ; ) is the region of central western Italy in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire.
Definition
Latium was originally a small triangle of fertile, volcanic soil ( Old Latium) on w ...
,
Campania
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, and the
Po Valley. The section running through northern Rome is where
Constantine the Great
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had his famous vision of the
Chi Rho, leading to his conversion to
Christianity
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and the
Christianization
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of the
Roman Empire
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.
Today the same route, still called by the same name for much of its distance, is paralleled or overlaid by Strada Statale (SS) 3, also called Strada Regionale (SR) 3 in
Lazio
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and
Umbria
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, and Strada Provinciale (SP) 3 in
Marche. It leaves Rome, goes up the Val Tevere ("Valley of the
Tiber
The Tiber ( ; it, Tevere ; la, Tiberis) is the third-longest List of rivers of Italy, river in Italy and the longest in Central Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio, where ...
") and into the mountains at Castello delle Formiche, ascends to
Gualdo Tadino
Gualdo Tadino (Latin: ''Tadinum'') is an ancient town of Italy, in the province of Perugia in northeastern Umbria, on the lower flanks of Monte Penna, a mountain of the Apennines. It is NE of Perugia.
History
Gualdo has a long history and was o ...
, continuing over the divide at
Scheggia Pass
The Scheggia Pass is a pass in Italy that marks the division between the Central and Northern Apennines. It is in northern Umbria and lies between Gubbio and Cagli at 632 meters. It opens up as a natural plateau near the border with the territory ...
, to
Cagli
Cagli is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, central Italy. It c. south of Urbino. The Burano flows near the town.
History
Cagli occupies the site of an ancient village on the Via Flaminia, which seems to have bo ...
. From there it descends the eastern slope waterways between the Tuscan-Emilian
Apennines and the Umbrian Apennines to
Fano
Fano is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort southeast of Pesaro, located where the '' Via Flaminia'' reaches the Adriatic Sea. It is the third city in the region by po ...
on the coast and goes north, parallel to Highway A14 to Rimini.
This route, once convenient to Roman citizens and other travelers, is now congested by heavy traffic between north Italy and the capital at Rome. It remains a country road, while the traffic crosses by railway and autostrada through dozens of tunnels between
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...
and
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...
– a shorter, more direct route under the ridges and nearly inaccessible passes.
History
It was constructed by
Gaius Flaminius during his
censorship (220 BC). Sources mention frequent improvements being made to it during the imperial period.
Augustus
Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Pr ...
instituted a general restoration of the roads of
Italy
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, assigning supervision of different regions to various
senators. He reserved the Flaminia for himself, and rebuilt all the bridges except the
Pons Mulvius, by which it crosses the
Tiber
The Tiber ( ; it, Tevere ; la, Tiberis) is the third-longest List of rivers of Italy, river in Italy and the longest in Central Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio, where ...
, north of Rome (built by
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus in 109 BC), and an unknown Pons Minucius.
Triumphal arches
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were erected in his honour on the former bridge and at ''Ariminum'', the latter of which is still preserved.
Vespasian
Vespasian (; la, Vespasianus ; 17 November AD 9 – 23/24 June 79) was a Roman emperor who reigned from AD 69 to 79. The fourth and last emperor who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors, he founded the Flavian dynasty that ruled the Empi ...
constructed a new tunnel through the pass of ''Intercisa'' (
Furlo), in AD 77, and
Trajan
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, as inscriptions show, repaired several bridges along the road.
The importance of the ancient ''Via Flaminia'' is twofold. During the period of Roman expansion in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE, the Flaminia became, with the cheaper sea route, a main axis of transportation by which wheat from the
Po valley supplied Rome and central Italy. During the period of Roman decline, the Flaminia was the main road leading into the heartland of Italy. It was taken by
Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, ...
at the beginning of the
civil war
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The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
, but also by various Germanic military forces and Byzantine generals.
A number of major battles were therefore fought on or near the Via Flaminia, for example at
Sentinum
Sentinum was an ancient town located in the Marche region of Italy. It was situated at low elevation about a kilometre south of the present-day town of Sassoferrato. The ruins of Sentinum were partially excavated in 1890 and the results of the arc ...
(near the modern
Sassoferrato) and near Tadinum (the modern
Gualdo Tadino
Gualdo Tadino (Latin: ''Tadinum'') is an ancient town of Italy, in the province of Perugia in northeastern Umbria, on the lower flanks of Monte Penna, a mountain of the Apennines. It is NE of Perugia.
History
Gualdo has a long history and was o ...
).
Constantine the Great
Constantine I ( , ; la, Flavius Valerius Constantinus, ; ; 27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337, the first one to convert to Christianity. Born in Naissus, Dacia Mediterran ...
's famous
Battle of the Milvian Bridge also occurred along the Via, after his nearby dream of the
Chi Rho (which led to his conversion—and that of the
Roman Empire
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—to
Christianity
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).
In late antiquity the Via Flaminia remained Rome’s major artery both to the Adriatic and to Italy north of the Apennines. The
Itinerarium Burdigalense and the
Priscillianists
Priscillianism was a Christianity, Christian sect developed in the Hispania, Iberian Peninsula under the Roman Empire in the 4th century by Priscillian. It is derived from the Gnosticism, Gnostic doctrines taught by Marcus, an Ægyptus, Egyptian f ...
who had been expelled from their sees both took this route to Rome despite its length. After the fall of the western Roman Empire the route remained in use, and when the
Ostrogothic
The Ostrogoths ( la, Ostrogothi, Austrogothi) were a Roman-era Germanic people. In the 5th century, they followed the Visigoths in creating one of the two great Gothic kingdoms within the Roman Empire, based upon the large Gothic populations who ...
king
Theodahad
Theodahad, also known as Thiudahad ( la, Flavius Theodahatus , Theodahadus, Theodatus; 480 – December 536) was king of the Ostrogoths from 534 to 536.
Early life
Born at in Tauresium, Theodahad was a nephew of Theodoric the Great throu ...
set out from Ravenna for Rome around 535, a letter of
Cassiodorus
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mentions work done to repair the road. After the emperor Justinian invaded Italy, competition between the Goths and Romans over strongpoints on the road resulted in more activity through a route that ran slightly to the north through Perugia, the old Etruscan Via Amerina. The Lombard conquest ultimately resulted in the breaking of the Via Flaminia. In the late sixth century the Via Flaminia was severed by the establishment of the Lombard Duchy of Spoleto, with the border around contested Narni. In its place was established the ‘Byzantine corridor’, a new route linking Rome and Ravenna that departed both cities on the Via Flaminia but which was forced due to political circumstances to pass through Perugia rather than Spoleto.
In the
Middle Ages
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it was known as the ''Ravenna road'', as it led to the then more important city of
Ravenna
Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the ca ...
. Following the end of the
Exarchate of Ravenna
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, it fell into disuse during the
Lombard period, but was partially reconstructed in the
Renaissance
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era and continued to be of military importance down to the
Napoleonic era
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and
World War II
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. As the ''SS 3 (Strada Statale 3)'' it remains one of the principal highways from Rome to the Adriatic coast.
Ancient route
The ''Via Flaminia'' starts at
Porta del Popolo
The Porta del Popolo, or Porta Flaminia, is a city gate of the Aurelian Walls of Rome that marks the border between Piazza del Popolo and Piazzale Flaminio.
History
The previous name was ''Porta Flaminia'', because the consular Via Flaminia ...
in the
Aurelian Walls of Rome:
Via del Corso
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(''Via Lata''), which connects the
Campidoglio
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The hill was earlier known as ''Mons Saturnius'', dedicated to the god Saturn. ...
to the gate, can be considered the urban stretch of the ''Via Flaminia''. The road then runs due north, considerable remains of its pavement being extant under the modern road, passing slightly east of the site of the
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''Falerii'' (
Civita Castellana
Civita Castellana is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Viterbo, north of Rome.
Mount Soracte lies about to the south-east.
History
Civita Castellana was settled during the Iron Age by the Italic people of the Falisci, who called it "F ...
), crossing the Tiber into ''Umbria'' over a bridge some slight vestiges of which can still be seen, the "Pile d' Augusto". From there it made its way to ''Ocriculum'' (
Otricoli
Otricoli is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Terni, Umbria, central Italy. It is located on the Via Flaminia, near the east bank of the Tiber, some 70 km north of Rome and 20 km south of Narni.
History
Anciently named Ocricu ...
) and ''Narnia'' (
Narni
Narni (in Latin, Narnia) is an ancient hilltown and ''comune'' of Umbria, in central Italy, with 19,252 inhabitants (2017). At an altitude of 240 m (787 ft), it overhangs a narrow gorge of the Nera River in the province of Terni. ...
), where it crossed the
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by the
Ponte d'Augusto, the largest Roman bridge ever built, a splendid four-arched structure to which
Martial alludes, one arch of which is still standing. It went on, followed at first by the modern road to ''Casuentum'' (
San Gemini) which passes over two finely preserved ancient bridges, through ''
Carsulae
Carsulae is an archaeological site in the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is located approximately north of San Gemini, a small comune in the province of Terni.
Origins and History
Most historians fix the town's foundation about 220-219 ...
'' to the ''
Vicus Martis Tudertium'' (near modern
Massa Martana
Massa Martana (near the well attested ancient site of the '' Vicus Martis Tudertium'' on the Via Flaminia) is an ancient Italian town and ''comune'' in the Monti Martani mountain range in the province of Perugia (Umbria). It is 10 km N ...
), then ''
Mevania
Bevagna is a town and ''comune'' in the central part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria), in the flood plain of the Topino river.
Bevagna is south-east of Perugia, west of Foligno, north-north-west of Montefalco, south of Assisi an ...
'' (
Bevagna), and thence to ''
Forum Flaminii'' (S. Giovanni Profiamma). Later, a more circuitous route from ''Narnia'' to ''Forum Flaminii'' was adopted, increasing the distance by 12 Roman miles (18 km) and passing by ''Interamna Nahars'' (
Terni
Terni ( , ; lat, Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is ...
), ''Spoletium'' (
Spoleto
Spoleto (, also , , ; la, Spoletum) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome.
History
Spolet ...
) and ''Fulginium'' (
Foligno) — from which a branch diverged to ''Perusia'' (
Perugia
Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia.
The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and pa ...
).
From ''Forum Flaminii'', where the two branches rejoined, the ''Flaminia'' went on to ''Nuceria Camellaria'' (
Nocera Umbra) — whence a branch road ran to ''Septempeda'' and thence either to
Ancona
Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic ...
or to ''Tolentinum'' (
Tolentino
Tolentino is a town and ''comune'' of about 19,000 inhabitants, in the province of Macerata in the Marche region of central Italy.
It is located in the middle of the valley of the Chienti.
History
Signs of the first inhabitants of this favorab ...
) and ''Urbs Salvia'' (
Urbisaglia
Urbisaglia is a ''comune'' in the province of Macerata, Marche, Italy. Its name comes from the ancient Roman town Urbs Salvia.
History
Situated in the Regio V Picenum, along the via Salaria Gallica, the town was founded during the 2nd century ...
) — and ''Helvillum'' (site uncertain, probably
Sigillo, but maybe
Fossato di Vico Fossato di Vico is a town and ''comune'' of Umbria in the province of Perugia in Italy, at 581 m above sea‑level on the middle slopes of Mount Mutali.
It lies just off the SS 3 highway, the successor to the ancient Roman Via Flaminia, b ...
), to cross the main ridge of the
Apennines, a
temple of Jupiter Apenninus
A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called churches), Hinduism (whose temples ...
standing at or near the summit of the pass according to one ancient author.
From there it descended to ''Cales'' (
Cagli
Cagli is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, central Italy. It c. south of Urbino. The Burano flows near the town.
History
Cagli occupies the site of an ancient village on the Via Flaminia, which seems to have bo ...
), where it turned north-east following the gorges of the
Burano
Burano is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy, near Torcello at the northern end of the lagoon, known for its lace work and brightly coloured homes. The primary economy is tourism.
Geography
Burano is from Venice, a 45-minute t ...
.
The narrowest pass was crossed by means of a tunnel chiseled out of solid rock: a first tunnel apparently of the 3rd century BC was replaced by an adjacent tunnel by
Vespasian
Vespasian (; la, Vespasianus ; 17 November AD 9 – 23/24 June 79) was a Roman emperor who reigned from AD 69 to 79. The fourth and last emperor who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors, he founded the Flavian dynasty that ruled the Empi ...
. This is the modern ''
Gola del Furlo'', the ancient name of which, ''Intercisa'', means "cut through" with reference to these tunnels. The modern 2‑lane road, the ''SS 3 Flaminia'', still uses Vespasian's tunnel, the emperor's dedicatory inscription still in place; remnants of the earlier tunnel can also be seen.
The ''Flaminia'' emerged from the gorges of the Apennines at ''Forum Sempronii'' (
Fossombrone
Fossombrone is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, central Italy.
History
The ancient Roman colony of ''Forum Sempronii'' took its name from Gaius Sempronius Gracchus.
Near the Furlo Pass, during the Gothic War ...
) and reached the coast of the
Adriatic at ''Fanum Fortunae'' (
Fano
Fano is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort southeast of Pesaro, located where the '' Via Flaminia'' reaches the Adriatic Sea. It is the third city in the region by po ...
). Thence, it ran north-west through ''Pisaurum'' (
Pesaro) to ''Ariminum'' (
Rimini
Rimini ( , ; rgn, Rémin; la, Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It sprawls along the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient ''Ariminu ...
). The total distance from Rome was 210 Roman miles, by the older road and 222 Roman miles, by the newer. The road gave its name to a juridical district of Italy from the 2nd century onwards, the former territory of the
Senones
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Part of the Senones settled in the Italian peninsula, where they ...
, which was at first associated with
Umbria
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(with which indeed under Augustus it had formed the sixth region of Italy called ''Umbria et Ager Gallicus''), but which after
Constantine
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*Constantine, Algeria, a city in Algeria
Constantine may also refer to:
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was always administered with ''
Picenum''.
''Via Flaminia minor''
The (''Via Flaminia Militare'') was a more western route, constructed by
Gaius Flaminius (son of the former Gaius Flaminius) in 187 BC from ''Bononia'' (
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...
) to ''Arretium'' (
Arezzo). It gradually fell into disuse, and disappeared after the Middle Ages. Its exact route is unknown although in 1977 Franco Santi and Cesare Agostini claimed to have found remnants, as yet unconfirmed.
Cesare Agostini, Franco Santi, ''La strada Bologna-Fiesole del II secolo a.C. (Flaminia Militare)'', Clueb, Bologna (2000)
Remains
Extant remains of the road consist of rare patches of pavement (by far the largest is an intermittent stretch about 800 meters long at Rignano Flaminio in the northern Lazio), but for the most part of bridges, listed here in order from Rome:
*From Rome to Narni:
**the Milvian Bridge (''Ponte Milvio'')
**the Pile di Augusto
**Ponte Sanguinaro S of Narni
**the great bridge at Narni
*Along the western branch:
**Ponte Caldaro, damaged in World War II
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**Ponte Calamone both before Sangemini
**Ponte Fonnaia near Acquasparta
**a bridge just outside Acquasparta, on which was built the church of S. Giovanni de Butris
**Ponte del Diavolo at Cavallara near Bastardo
*Along the eastern branch:
**Ponte Sanguinaro in Spoleto
**scant remains of a bridge at Pontebari
*After the branches rejoin at S. Giovanni Profiamma:
**bridge-like structure at Pieve Fanonica
**Le Spugne near Nocera Umbra
**three bridges in the comune of Fossato di Vico (one of which, however, belongs properly to a branch road off the main trunk of the Flaminia)
**Ponte Spiano in Costacciaro
Costacciaro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 40 km northeast of Perugia. It is a medieval burgh, which, after the rule of Perugia and Gubbio, became part of the Papal States ...
**an imposing bridge at Villa Scirca, blown up in World War II
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**five bridges in the comune of Cantiano, near Pontedazzo and Pontericcioli
**Ponte Mallio (or Manlio) at Cagli, which appears to be partly of pre-Roman (Umbrian) construction
**Tunnel at Furlo Pass 240px, Entrance of the Roman tunnel.
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Other notable Roman vestiges along the road, aside from those within the individual towns, include a pair of tower tombs between Bevagna and Foligno; and along the eastern branch of the Flaminia in particular, in the area between Spoleto and Trevi
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, many small Romanesque churches, partly built of reused Roman stone (spolia
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) — including a few inscriptions — mark the straight line of the road quite clearly. A small stretch of the road remains in the ruins of Carsulae
Carsulae is an archaeological site in the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is located approximately north of San Gemini, a small comune in the province of Terni.
Origins and History
Most historians fix the town's foundation about 220-219 ...
where it passes through the impressive Arco di Traiano.
Sport
The road was used as part of the individual road race cycling event for the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...
in Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
.
In Rome it runs past and gives its name to the Stadio Flaminio sports stadium.
See also
* Roman road
*Roman bridge
The ancient Romans were the first civilization to build large, permanent bridges. Early Roman bridges used techniques introduced by Etruscan immigrants, but the Romans improved those skills, developing and enhancing methods such as arches and ...
* Roman engineering
*Via del Corso
The Via del Corso is a main street in the historical centre of Rome. It is straight in an area otherwise characterized by narrow meandering alleys and small piazzas. Considered a wide street in ancient times, the Corso is approximately 10 metres w ...
*Piazza del Popolo
Piazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome. The name in modern Italian language, Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the Populus, poplars (''populus'' in Latin language, Latin, ''pioppo'' in Italian) ...
References
External links
1960 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. p. 84.
1960 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 2, Part 1. p. 319.
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Omnes Viae: Via Flaminia on the Peutinger Map
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Venues of the 1960 Summer Olympics
History of Lazio
History of Umbria
History of le Marche
Flaminia, Via
Transport in Lazio
Transport in Umbria
Transport in le Marche
Transport in Emilia-Romagna
Olympic cycling venues
Rome Q. I Flaminio
Rome Q. II Parioli
Rome Q. III Pinciano
Rome Q. XVIII Tor di Quinto