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The Via Julia Augusta was begun in 13 BCE by Augustus, and its engineering works were repeatedly renewed by later emperors. The road runs from Placentia (modern Piacenza) to Arelate (modern Arles), initially westward along the edge of the plain of the River Po to Derthona , then southward to the Ligurian coast. There it formed a continuous ...
Athens first appeared on the 1850 U.S. Census as an incorporated place. [22] It did not appear on the 1860 census, but returned again in 1870 and every census to date. Athens was one of the fastest growing areas in Alabama in the 2023 census estimates with 30,904 people recorded in the estimates. [23]
Alabama is a large state geographically, with a lot of bodies of water, so roads and bridges have played an important development role. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please ...
Today's News Courier was created in 1969, when The Alabama Courier (founded 1892) and the Limestone Democrat (founded 1891) were acquired by Robert Bryan and merged. The combined paper was known in the 1980s as The Athens LC News Courier. Bryan sold his papers to Hollinger in 1997.
Nov. 18—ATHENS — Motorists in Athens will have smoother rides on at least 29 roads after almost $2.6 million in paving covering 17.6 miles was approved this week. The City Council adopted a ...
Location of Limestone County in Alabama. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Limestone County, Alabama. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Limestone County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
The route passes through the major cities of Montgomery, Birmingham, Decatur, Huntsville, and Athens before entering Tennessee in the north near the town of Ardmore, Alabama. The entire Alabama portion of I-65 is dedicated as Heroes Highway in honor of Central Intelligence Agency officer Johnny Micheal Spann and all of the people who died ...
In Athens, Alabama, a mob of white men and teenagers, estimated at 2,000 people, rioted after two white men had been jailed for an unprovoked attack on a black man the day before. Breaking into smaller groups, the mob went into town and began beating any African-American seen in the street.