- Via Popilia
The Via Popilia is either of two different ancient
Roman road s begun in the consulship ofPublius Popilius Laenas , who was better known for his attack on theGracchi . The other consul for that year,132 BC , was Publius Rupilius. The first road was an extension of theVia Flaminia fromAriminum around the north of theAdriatic through the region that later becameVenice . The name of this road continues as a street name in modernRimini , which, as Ariminum, was the junction point between theVia Flaminia from Rome, theVia Aemilia along the edge of the Po valley, and the northern Via Popilia. The second ran fromCapua toRhegium on theStraits of Messina . An archaeological discovery of part of itsitinerarium engraved on stone (The Polla Tablet) brought it more fully into the light of history.Roman bridges
:"For an overview of the location of Roman bridges, see
List of Roman bridges ".There are the remains of at least one
Roman bridge along the road, which is the Ponte sul Savuto.See also
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Roman road
*Roman bridge
*Roman engineering External links
* [http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/polla.html The Polla Tablet]
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