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The Via Postumia was an ancient highroad of northern Italy constructed in 148 BC by the consul Spurius Postumius Albinus. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Consul (abbrev cos; Latin plural consules) was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire

It ran from the coast at Genua through the mountains to Dertona, Placentia (the termination of the Via Aemilia Lepidi) and Cremona, just east of the point where it crossed the Po. Genoa ( Genova, ˈdʒɛːnova in Italian; Zena in Genoese and Ligurian; Genua in Latin and archaically in English For the medieval Scholar, see Marziano da Tortona Tortona is a Comune of Piemonte, in the Province of Piacenza ( Placentia in Latin and old-fashioned English, Piasëinsa in the local dialect of Emiliano-Romagnolo) is a Cremonese redirects here For the football team see US Cremonese Cremona is a City in northern Italy, situated The Po ( Latin: Padus, Po Ligurian: Bo, Greek: Eridanus) is a river that flows 652 km(405 miles (682 km by considering From Cremona the road ran eastward to Bedriacum, where it forked, one branch running to the left to Verona and thence to the Brenner Pass, the other to the right to Mantua, Altinum and Aquileia. Calvatone is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 110 km southeast of Verona is a city and provincial capital in Veneto, Northern Italy. Mantua (Màntova in the local dialect of Lombard language Mantua is a city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the Altinum (modern Altino, a Frazione of Quarto d'Altino) is the name of an ancient coastal town of the Veneti in Venetia Aquileia (also called Aquilegia, Friulian Acuilee/Aquilee, Slovene Oglej) is an ancient Roman city in what is The military occupation of Liguria depended upon this road, and several of the more important towns owed their origin largely to it. Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions Cremona was its central point, the distance being reckoned from it both eastwards and westwards.

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Roman Empire | Roman roads

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial The Roman Roads were essential for the growth of the Roman Empire, by enabling the Romans to move armies and trade goods and to communicate news Via Aemilia (It Via Emilia) was a trunk Roman road in the north Italian plain running from Ariminum ( Rimini) on the Adriatic coast to The Via Aemilia Scauri was an ancient Roman road built by the censor Marcus Aemilius Scaurus around 107 BCE The Via Cassia was an important Roman road striking out of the Via Flaminia near the Milvian Bridge in the immediate vicinity of Rome and passing The Appian Way ( Latin and Italian: Via Appia) was the most important ancient Roman road. The Via Aquitania was a Roman road created in 118 BC in the Roman province of Gaul. Via Augusta (also known as Via Herculea or Via Exterior) was a Roman road crossing all the Hispania Province from Cádiz in the southern The Via Aurelia was a Roman road constructed around the year 241 BC. The Via Cassia was an important Roman road striking out of the Via Flaminia near the Milvian Bridge in the immediate vicinity of Rome and passing The Via Claudia Augusta was an ancient Roman road, which linked the valley of the Po River with Rhaetia (modern Austria across the Alps Via Augusta (also known as Via Herculea or Via Exterior) was a Roman road crossing all the Hispania Province from Cádiz in the southern Via Clodia was an ancient high-road of Italy. Its course for the first 11 miles was the same as that of the Via Cassia; it then diverged to the north in a northwest The Vía de La Plata ( English: Silver Way or Ruta de la Plata ( English: Silver Route is an old commercial path that crosses the west of Spain The Via Devana was a Roman Road in England that ran from Colchester in the south-east to Chester in the north-west The Via Domitia was the first Roman road built in Gaul, to link Italy and Hispania through Gallia Narbonensis, across what is The Via Egnatia ( Greek:) was a road constructed by the Romans in the 2nd century BC. The Via Flaminia was a Roman road leading from Rome to Ariminum ( Rimini) and was the most important route to the north The Via Gallica was an ancient road of northern Italy which connected the Roman municipia of the Pianura Padana. The Via Julia Augusta is the name given to the Roman road formed by the merging of the Via Aemilia Scauri with the Via Postumia, running from Placentia The Via Labicana was an ancient road of Italy, leading east southeast from Rome. The Via Latina, or the " Latin Way " was a Roman road of Italy, running southeast from Rome for about. Via Militaris or Via Diagonalis was an ancient Roman road, starting from Sigindunum (today Serbian capital Belgrade) passing through Naissus The Via Ostiensis ( via Ostiense) was an important road in Ancient Rome. Via Pontica was an ancient Roman road in Thrace along the Black Sea, starting from Byzantium and passing through Mesambria, Apollonia The Via Popilia is either of two different ancient Roman roads begun in the consulship of Publius Popilius Laenas, who was better known for his attack on the Gracchi The Via Salaria was an ancient Roman road in Italy. It eventually ran from Rome (from Porta Salaria of the Aurelian Walls The Via Traiana Nova (previously known as the King's Highway) was rebuilt by Trajan. The Via Valeria was an ancient Roman road of Italy, the continuation north-eastwards of the Via Tiburtina.

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