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The Antonine Itinerary (in Latin: Antonini Itinerarium) is a register of the stations and distances along the various roads of the Roman empire, containing directions how to get from one Roman settlement to another. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial 'Antonini Itinerarium' is seemingly based on official documents, probably of the survey organized by Julius Caesar, and carried out under Augustus. Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was Due to the scarcity of other extant sources of this information, it is a very valuable source. Extant literature refers to texts that have survived from the past to the present time Nothing is known with certainty as to the date or author. It is considered probable that the date of the original edition was the beginning of the 3rd century, while that which we possess is to be assigned to the time of Diocletian. The 3rd century is the period from 201 to 300 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus ( ca. December 22 244 The modern historian Timothy Barnes takes December 22 as his birthdate Although traditionally ascribed to the patronage of Antoninus Augustus, if the author or promoter of the work is one of the emperors, it is most likely to be Antoninus Caracalla. Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus ( September 19, 86 &ndash March 7 161) generally known in English as Antoninus Pius Caracalla ( April 4 188 &ndash April 8, 217) born Lucius Septimius Bassianus and later

The British section can be described as the 'Road Map' of Roman Britain. Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410 There are 15 such itineraries in the document.

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Itinerary 14

An example can be given of Itinerary 14, which reads as follows (and is also translated):

Original Latin

ITER XIV Item alio itinere ab Isca Calleva mpm ciii sic

English Translation

Itinerary 14 Likewise an alternate route from Isca Silurum to Calleva Atrebatum one-hundred and three thousand paces thus written

From this it can be calculated that a Roman Pace seems to be about 4. Bath is a city in Somerset in the south west of England It is situated west of London and south-east of Bristol. Mildenhall, pronounced by local residents as Minal (ˈmаɪnəl and not to be confused with Mildenhall Suffolk, is a small village about 2 miles east from the town Speen (Roman Spinae) is a Village and Civil parish near Newbury in Berkshire, England. Newbury is a Civil parish and the principal Town in the west of the County of Berkshire in England. Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South Silchester is a Village and Civil parish in the English county of Hampshire. A pace (or double-pace) is a measure of Distance used in Ancient Rome. 69 feet (1. 42 metres). The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International As a Roman pace was of two steps, left plus right, this is a reasonable figure when on a route march with arms and equipment. The Roman mile was 1,000 of these paces which would make it 1,698. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States 3 yards. A yard (abbreviation yd) is a unit of Length in several different systems including English units Imperial units and United

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The portion relating to Britain was published under the title Iter Britanniarum, with commentary by T. Reynolds, 1799.

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