The Via Aemilia Scauri was an ancient Roman road built by the consul Marcus Aemilius Scaurus during his term as censor in 109 BC.
11-743: It is mainly a coastal road, doubling Via Aurelia , and connecting Rome to Placentia and Pisae , passing through Genoa . Near the town of Cosa it runs inland and parallel to the Via Aurelia. Further north the Via Aemilia Scauri merged with the Via Postumia to become the Via Julia Augusta . This article about an Ancient Roman building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Italian road or road transport-related article
22-454: A section of the European route E80 from Tarquinia to Rosignano Marittimo The SS 1 was instituted in 1928 with the following description: " Rome – Civitavecchia – Grosseto – Livorno – Pisa – Genoa – Imperia – Ventimiglia – French border . The denomination derives from the homonymous ancient Roman road , although it follows in part the routes of other Roman roads, such as
33-532: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Via Aurelia The Via Aurelia ( lit. ' Aurelian Way ' ) is a Roman road in Italy constructed in approximately 241 BC. The project was undertaken by Gaius Aurelius Cotta , who at that time was censor . Cotta had a history of building roads for Rome, as he had overseen the construction of a military road in Sicily (as consul in 252 BC, during
44-559: Is an Italian state highway 697.3 kilometres (433.3 mi) long in Italy located in the regions of Lazio , Tuscany and Liguria . It is one of the most important state highways in Italy and derives from an ancient Roman consular road, the Via Aurelia . It connects Rome with France following the coast of Tyrrhenian Sea and Ligurian Sea and touching nine provincial capitals as well as important tourist locations. It constitutes
55-609: The First Punic War ) connecting Agrigentum (modern Agrigento ) and Panormus (modern Palermo ). In the middle Republic, a series of roads were built throughout Italy to serve the needs of Roman expansion, including swift army movements and reasonably quick communication with Roman colonies spread throughout Italy. There also was the unintended (but beneficial) consequence of an increase in trade among Italian cities and with Rome. The roads were standardized to 15 feet (4.6 m) wide allowing two chariots to pass, and distance
66-508: The Via Aemilia Scauri , constructed by M. Aemilius Scaurus . This road led to Dertona (modern Tortona ), Placentia , Cremona , Aquilea , and Genua , from which travellers could proceed to Gallia Narbonensis (southern France) by way of the Via Postumia . This followed some rebuilding of the road by the same person during his consulship in 119 BC. By the time of the high Empire, travellers could go from Rome by way of
77-469: The Via Julia Augusta . In the nineteen eighties and the nineties, due to the heavy traffic the road had to support, a variant , with 2 lanes (plus an emergency lane) in each direction, parallel to the route of the original route, in the section between Grosseto and Quercianella . The Aurelia is substantially an alternative to the A12 , except for the section from Tarquinia to Rosignano Marittimo , in which
88-754: The Via Aurelia across the Alps on the Via Julia Augusta to either northern France or Gades (modern Cadiz , Spain). The modern Strada Statale 1 Aurelia occupies the same route, and colloquially is still referred to as La Via Aurelia . There are the remains of several Roman bridges along the road, including the Cloaca di Porta San Clementino, Ponte del Diavolo, Primo Ponte, and the Secondo Ponte (the last three in Sta Marinella). Strada Statale 1 Aurelia Strada statale 1 Via Aurelia (SS 1)
99-621: The bridge Pons Aemilius , then exited Rome from its western side. After the Emperor Aurelian built a wall around Rome ( c. 270–273 CE), the Via Aurelia exited from the Porta Aurelia (gates). The road then ran about 25 miles (40 km) to Alsium on the Tyrrhenian coast, north along the coast to Vada Volaterrana , Cosa , and Pisae (modern-day Pisa ). There the original length of the Via Aurelia terminated. This
110-616: Was an especially important route during the early and middle Republic because it linked Rome, Cosa , and Pisae . Cosa was an important colony and military outpost in Etruria , and Pisae was the only port between Genua and Rome. Consequently, it was an important naval base for the Romans in their wars against the Ligurians , Gauls and Carthaginians . The Via Aurelia later was extended by roughly 320 km (200 mi) in 109 BC by
121-582: Was marked with milestones . The Via Aurelia was constructed as a part of this road construction campaign, which began in 312 BC with the building of the Via Appia . Other roads included in this construction period were the Viae Amerina ( c. 231 BC), Flaminina , Clodia , Aemilia , Cassia , Valeria ( c. 307 BC), and Caecilia ( c. 283 BC). The Via Aurelia crossed the Tiber by way of
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