- Via Severiana
Via Severiana was an ancient highroad of
Italy , running southeast from Ostia toTerracina , a distance of 73 miles along the coast, and taking its name, no doubt, from the restoration of an already existing road bySeptimius Severus , who was a great benefactor of Ostia.It ran along the shore at first, just behind the line of villas which fronted upon the sea, and are now half a mile inland, or even upon its edge (for an inscription records its being damaged by the waves). Farther southeast it seems to have kept rather more distant from the shore, and it probably kept within the lagoons below the Circean promontory. As is natural in a sandy district where building materials are rare, remains of it are scanty.
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 crosses theNumicus two km southeast of Ostia.Further reading
*R Lanciani in "Monumenti dei Lincei", xiii. (1903), 185; xvi. (1906), 241
*T Ashby in "Mélanges de l'École française de Rome" (1905), 157 sqq.See also
*
Roman road
*Roman bridge
*Roman engineering ----
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
