Via Aemilia

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Roman road consular road

Via Aemilia was a major Roman consular road in northern Italy that connected key cities such as Ariminum (Rimini) and Placentia (Piacenza), fostering trade and military movement across the region.

Aliases (1)

Via Emilia (Italian state road SS9) ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman road → consular road →
builder	Marcus Aemilius Lepidus →
connects	Ariminum → Bononia → Faventia → Forum Cornelii → Forum Livii → Mutina → Parma → Placentia → Placentia colony → Regium Lepidi →
constructionStartYear	187 BC →
country	Ancient Rome →
endPoint	Piacenza → Placentia →
era	Roman Republic →
follows	Adriatic coast (partly) →
hasLatinName	Via Aemilia →
historicalFunction	link between Adriatic coast and Po River region →
inception	187 BC →
influenced	Romanization of Cisalpine Gaul → urban development of northern Italy →
languageOfName	Latin →
locatedIn	Cisalpine Gaul → northern Italy →
maintainedBy	Roman state →
modernEquivalent	Via Emilia (Italian state road SS9) →
namedAfter	Marcus Aemilius Lepidus →
partOf	Roman road network → consular roads of the Roman Republic →
region	Gallia Cisalpina →
significance	facilitated movement of Roman legions → stimulated commercial exchange in northern Italy → structured settlement pattern along its course →
startPoint	Ariminum → Rimini →
terminusCity	Ariminum → Placentia →
traverses	Emilia-Romagna → Po Valley →
use	administrative integration → military road → trade route →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Via Aemilia →	hasLatinName
Roman roads →	hasPart
Via Aemilia ("Via Emilia (Italian state road SS9)") →	modernEquivalent