Via Labicana
The Via Labicana was an ancient
road of Italy, leading east-southeast from Rome. The course after the first six miles from Rome is not taken by any modern road, but it can be clearly traced from remains of pavement and buildings. It seems possible that the road at first led to Tusculum, was then extended to Labici, and later became a road for through traffic. As the preferred way to the southeast, the Via Labicana may even have superseded the Via Latina. The Via Labicana's summit just west of the Mount Algidus pass, calls for some 22 metres (72 ft) less of a climb overall. Beyond the two roads' reunion, the route was probably called Via Latina rather than Via Labicana. [1]
Via Labicana entered Rome through the
National Roman Museum. The Roman Emperor Didius Julianus
was buried by the fifth milestone on the Via Labicana, after being executed in 193.
The ancient church of Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano was built at the intersection with via Merulana near the catacombs where the remains of St Marcellino and St Pietro were found.
Roman bridges
There are the remains of at least one Roman bridge along the road, which crosses the Fosso del Giardinetto 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) east of Rome.
See also
- Roman road
- Roman bridge
- Roman engineering
References
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- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ashby, Thomas (1911). "Labicana, Via". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 4. Ashby cites his own contribution to Papers of the British School at Rome, i .215 sqq.
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