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Ariminum (modern Rimini) was founded as an ancient Roman colonia in 268 BC, when the Roman Senate sent 6,000 settlers to the bank of the river Ariminus (). [27] Construction of the Ponte di Tiberio started during the reign of Roman emperor Augustus in 14 AD and finished under his successor, Augustus' adoptive son Tiberius, in 21 AD.
The arch was built in 27 BC, commissioned by the Roman Senate in honour of Augustus, who had become the first Roman emperor in the same year. It was built at the northern end of the Via Flaminia, [2] [3] a Roman road between Ariminum (modern Rimini) and Rome constructed in 220 BC by Gaius Flaminius, [3] [4] and at the start of Ariminum 's decumanus maximus (Corso d'Augusto). [11]
Schematic map of the Via Aemilia through the Roman Empire's Regio VIII Aemilia Route of Via Aemilia (in light brown, between Placentia and Ariminum). The Via Aemilia (Italian: Via Emilia, English: Aemilian Way) was a trunk Roman road in the north Italian plain, running from Ariminum (), on the Adriatic coast, to Placentia on the River Padus ().
Rome Lazio [S 1] [1] 2: Pons Aemilius ... Ponte di Tiberio: Constructed under Tiberius: 62 m (203 ft) Masonry 5 arches: Via Aemilia ... Via del Conservatorio - Via di ...
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The Ponte di Tiberio crosses the Marecchia's former route in Rimini. The Marecchia (pronounced) is a river in eastern Italy, flowing from near Monte dei Frati in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, to the Adriatic Sea in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna.
Pons Neronianus on a map of ancient Rome around 300 AD. There is no direct evidence that Nero actually built the bridge named after him. [2] It may well have been named the 'Bridge of Nero' because the area on the right bank of the Tiber beyond the bridgehead was still named the "Plain(s) of Nero" well into the Medieval period, so that the inhabitants of Rome at that time, not knowing the ...
The Pons Sublicius is the earliest known bridge of ancient Rome, spanning the Tiber River near the Forum Boarium ("cattle forum") downstream from the Tiber Island, near the foot of the Aventine Hill. According to tradition, its construction was ordered by Ancus Marcius around 642 BC, but this date is approximate because there is no ancient ...