LINKS AND LITERATURE

Rating : *** = Essential  ** = Useful * = Worth a Look

*** The Roman Roads

Encyclopaedia Britannica entry with links to Etruscans, Concrete, Appian Way, Drainage, and Chariot.

*** Roman Roads

Entry from Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia with links to additional information on the Via Appia and Via Flaminia in Italy and Ermine Street, Fosse Way, Watling Street and Icknield Street in Britain.

*** The Construction & Makeup of Ancient Roman Roads (by Adam Pawluk)

Part of Ancient Roman Technology electronic handbook at the University of North Carolina, USA; a useful synthesis of road construction information from the books Roman Roads in Britain by Ivan Margary and Roman Roads by Raymond Chevallier (see Books section below).

*** The Roman Roads in the Mediterranean Region and Europe

Fast developing multi-lingual site (available in French, English, Spanish, Italian and Greek) so far giving history, route maps and photos of the Via Domitia in Southern France, the Via Flaminia, Via Iulia Augusta, Via Aemilia Scauri and Via Postumia in Italy (in Italian only at present) and the Via Augusta in Spain (in Spanish only at present), with some information, maps and photos also on the Via Egnatia in Greece and the Via Appia, Via Aurelia, Via delle Gallie and Via Severiana in Italy.

*** Roman Roads

Part of The Romans in Britain website, concentrating on surveying and construction.

*** Roman Road Abstracts Version 2

Last Updated January 2000, Edited By Richard Whaley, North East Hants Historical & Archaeological Society. Amendments and additions to the information given in the 1973 book Roman Roads in Britain by Ivan Margary (see Books section below) on the routes of Roman Roads in and around Hampshire, UK.

*** Roman Roads East of the Jordan (by David F. Graf)

Article from The Madaba Map Centenary (Jerusalem 1999, 227-229) reproduced on the Franciscan Cyberspot website.

** Viae. The Roads of Rome

Part of distance learning website of Kentucky Educational Television (USA) with maps of the Roman Empire’s road network, photographs of streets and roads in Italy, and a small amount of text.

** Roman Roads

Brief encyclopaedia-style entry in ThinkQuest Library.

 ** Roman Roads in Britain

Encyclopaedia-style entry in BritainExpress.com with useful summary of history and construction.

** Roman Roads and Sites (Copyright 1998 Oxford Archaeological Unit)

Map of Roman road network in Britain, without text or explanation, on Association of Archaeological Illustrators and Surveyors website (hosted by Bournemouth University, UK).

** Archaeological Sites of the Area 2 - Roman Roads

Short article from the journal Local Past (Alcester & District Local History Society) about the Roman road network around Alcester, UK.

** Roman Roads

Text and photos about important Roman crossroads near Rugby, UK.

** The Romans in Staffordshire

Text and map about the Roman Roads of Staffordshire on The Potteries Museum website.

** Roman Roads

Brief entry in Eastern Counties Network (UK) website.

** Roman Roads that Reshaped the Land

by Rob Witcher, Post-Graduate Student, University of Leicester, UK : Article from the journal British Archaeology (No. 27, September 1997) about the impact of Roman roads on the local population.

** The Roman Roads

Short entry with map (reasonable English translation) about Roman roads around Treviso, Italy.

* Roman Roads

Encyclopaedia-style entry with map on Daily Bible Study Online website.

* Roman Roads and Land Transportation

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* All Roads Lead to Rome

Brief entries in Roman History, Coins and Technology website hosted by the College of Education at San Jose State University, USA.

* The Roman Roads

Italian site (with a not very good English translation) in early stages of development, which aims to recreate the experience of travelling along the roads of the Roman Empire.

* Roman Roads

Part of the Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers website, giving basic details of construction techniques for 7-11 year-olds.

* A Web-enhanced version of “Roman Roads in Britain”

by Thomas Codrington, published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, 1903 : complete text of a classic but very out-of-date guidebook.

* Lancashire’s Roman Roads

Routes of Roman roads in Lancashire, UK based on book Roman Roads in Britain by Thomas Codrington (see previous entry).

* Remains of the Roman Roads

Photo of Via Latina (?) at Ferentino, Italy.

*** Viae Romanae

By far the best bibliography of Roman Roads on the web (and a few more web links too)