Via Aurelia was the Roman road which passed out of ancient Rome through the Porta Aurelia in the Aurelian Walls and ran to the coast a little southeast of modern Palidoro and then followed a coastal route north to Vada Volaterrana. There the via Aemilia extended the route to Genoa. A Roman road in Pompeii The Romans, for military, commercial and political reasons, became adept at constructing roads, which they called viae (plural of singular via). ... The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ... The Aurelian Walls were built between 270 and 273, by Roman Emperor Aurelian. ... Via Aemilia (It. ... Location within Italy Flag of Genoa Christopher Columbus monument in Piazza Aquaverde Genoa (Italian Genova, Genoese Zena, French Gênes, German Genua, Spanish Genova) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. ...
In an ancient itinerary to the graves of the Roman martyrs (De Rossi, "Roma Sotterranea", I, 183) mention is made of a mortuary chapel of a martyr Basilides on the ViaAurelia; he is another Roman saint whose feast is on 10 June.
The ViaAurelia is one of the consular roads which radiate out from Rome in all directions.
The ViaAurelia was created thanks to the need to connect Rome to the military colonies founded along the Tirrenian coast in the course of the 3rd century B.C., following the subjugation of Etruria.
The initial letter is capitalized due to technical restrictions.
ViaAurelia was the Roman road which passed out of ancient Rome through the Porta Aurelia in the Aurelian Walls and ran to the coast a little southeast of modern Palidoro and then followed a coastal route north to Vada Volaterrana.
There the via Aemilia extended the route to Genoa.
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