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Tabula Peutingeriana (section of a modern facsimile), top to bottom: Dalmatian coast, Adriatic Sea, southern Italy, Sicily, African Mediterranean coast. Tabula Peutingeriana (Latin for 'The Peutinger Map'), also referred to as Peutinger's Tabula, [1] Peutinger tables [2] or Peutinger Table, is an illustrated itinerarium (ancient Roman road map) showing the layout of the cursus publicus, the ...
Generally, Roman and Chinese traders exchanged statues and other processed goods in exchange for Chinese silk. Trade in the city of Rome was focused around providing food for the city's massive population; as such, the trade of grain and other foods was subsidized by the government. [25]
hopefully the city dots will appear ''this time'' 19:58, 28 April 2022: 2,043 × 1,211 (552 KB) Ifly6: normalise some text names and sizes. i guess we'll see if the city markers show up this time. 19:50, 28 April 2022: 2,043 × 1,211 (571 KB) Ifly6: Uploaded own work with UploadWizard
Maps of Ancient Rome (the civilization) including the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. Subcategories. This category has only the following ...
Platner's map of Rome for The Topography and Monuments of Ancient Rome (1911). The topography of ancient Rome is the description of the built environment of the city of ancient Rome. It is a multidisciplinary field of study that draws on archaeology, epigraphy, cartography and philology.
The four Vicarello Cups, made of silver and dated to 1st century AD, were found in 1852 by workmen excavating a foundation at Vicarello (near Bracciano), 37 kilometres (23 miles) northwest of Rome. They are engraved with the names and distances of 104 stations on the road between Gades (modern-day Cadiz ) and Rome, covering in total a distance ...
Map of ancient Rome with the regions. In 7 BC, Augustus divided the city of Rome into 14 administrative regions (Latin regiones, sing. regio). These replaced the four regiones —or "quarters"—traditionally attributed to Servius Tullius, sixth king of Rome. They were further divided into official neighborhoods . [1]
It lists cities established and built by the ancient Romans to have begun as a colony, often for the settlement of citizens or veterans of the legions. Many Roman colonies in antiquity rose to become important commercial and cultural centers, transportation hubs and capitals of global empires.