VIA APPIA— ROSE 



349 



Roman miles 



Italy 13, 024 



Gaul 9. 320 



Spain 7, 700 



Great Britain 2,579 



Sicily 1, 362 



Sardinia 200 



Roman miles 



Corsica 125 



Africa (less Egypt) 9,348 



Egypt 1, 500 



Asia 8, 500 



Total 53,658 



The foregoing mileage includes only public ways (viae viili- 

 tares) leading from Rome to the provinces and large cities. In addi- 

 tion to these main roads there was a large mileage of parish roads 

 {viae vicinales), connecting the public ways with the secondary 



Figure 1. — Main road system of the Roman Empire as stiown by the Itinerary of Antonine 

 (A. D. 150) and the Itinerary to Jerusalem (A. D. 333), from Farthey and Finder (16). 



towns and boroughs, and of farm roads {viae agrariae) which made 

 the public ways and parish roads accessible to the farms and hamlets. 

 There was also a considerable mileage of mule paths {itineres). 



VIA APPIA ONE OF THE 29 GREAT MILITARY ROADS 



There were 29 great military roads radiating from Rome and ex- 

 tending to the extreme limits of the far-flung empire. Among these 

 were the Via Appia^ Via Aurelia, Via Claudia, Via Flaminia, Via 

 Salaria, Via Valeria, Via Praenestina, Via Lahicana, and the Via 

 Latina. The great extent of these roads, their durability, and the in- 

 genuity and audacity of the builders has been a source of admiration 

 and astonishment in every age. Mountains, marshes, lakes, rivers. 



