Via Traiana Nova

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1300 BCE
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The Via Traiana Nova or Via Nova Traiana (

Bostra. It was specifically known as the Via Traiana Nova in order to distinguish it from the Via Traiana in Italy. It is occasionally also referred to simply as the Via Nova[1] or 'Via Nova Traiana'[2] Its construction started shortly after the annexation of Arabia, supervised by governor Gaius Claudius Severus, and was completed under Hadrian.[1]

Sources

  1. ^ a b Browning, Iain (1982:33) Jerash and the Decapolis (London: Chatto & Windus)
  2. ^ Young, Gary K. (2001:119) Rome's Eastern Trade: International commerce and imperial policy, 31 BC - AD 305 (London: Routledge)