CIL XVII, 5, 3: Neue Meilensteine und Straßen aus der Cilicia Aspera
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Hamdi Şahin
Abstract
In Cilicia, the ancient roads for the most part run from south to north, climbing the natural incline of the terrain from the coast to the high country. The majority of Roman roads in the region follow pre-Roman routes, supplemented by long-distance routes that run parallel to the coastline and provide easier access to the region. Over centuries, the landscape of Cilicia therefore developed a road system determined by the terrain and the natural structure of the topography. To the north, the Cilician provinces were further delimited by the Taurus Mountains, with the result that supra-regional road connections into the Anatolian Highlands largely had to pass through valleys and across passes. Written sources and the milestones found by modern research hence reveal both regional and supra-regional building programmes. For the planned volume CIL XVII, 5, 3 Miliaria Provinciarum Lyciae-Pamphyliae et Ciliciae field research was undertaken in Cilicia. As part of this research, new road sections and several milestones were discovered, while a number of old ones were re-discovered and a few previously published milestones re-autopsied. The article published here presents the newly discovered road sections and milestone inscriptions discovered during this fieldwork.
Abstract
In Cilicia, the ancient roads for the most part run from south to north, climbing the natural incline of the terrain from the coast to the high country. The majority of Roman roads in the region follow pre-Roman routes, supplemented by long-distance routes that run parallel to the coastline and provide easier access to the region. Over centuries, the landscape of Cilicia therefore developed a road system determined by the terrain and the natural structure of the topography. To the north, the Cilician provinces were further delimited by the Taurus Mountains, with the result that supra-regional road connections into the Anatolian Highlands largely had to pass through valleys and across passes. Written sources and the milestones found by modern research hence reveal both regional and supra-regional building programmes. For the planned volume CIL XVII, 5, 3 Miliaria Provinciarum Lyciae-Pamphyliae et Ciliciae field research was undertaken in Cilicia. As part of this research, new road sections and several milestones were discovered, while a number of old ones were re-discovered and a few previously published milestones re-autopsied. The article published here presents the newly discovered road sections and milestone inscriptions discovered during this fieldwork.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Preface VII
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I. A Broader View
- Via ducta – Roman Road Building: An Introduction to Its Significance, the Sources and the State of Research 3
- Roads in the Roman World: Strategy for the Way Forward 22
- Roots to Routes: Gandhara’s Landscapes of Mobility 35
- Rom und die Fernhandelswege durch Arabien 53
- Le livre de poste de Turbo, curateur du praesidium de Xèron Pelagos (Aegyptus) 67
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II. The Roads of the Empire
- Travelling between the Euphrates and the Tigris in Late Antiquity 109
- Milestones near Roman Army Installations in Desert Areas of the Provinces of Palaestina and Arabia 132
- Römische Straßen und Meilensteine im Ebenen Kilikien 147
- CIL XVII, 5, 3: Neue Meilensteine und Straßen aus der Cilicia Aspera 166
- Via publica vel militaris: Die Bernsteinstraße in spätantoninischer und severischer Zeit 191
- The Peutinger Map, the Roman Army and the First Military Roads in Dacia 215
- Roman Roads in Moesia Superior at Six Points 236
- Some Considerations about the Roman Road Network in Central Balkan Provinces 252
- Du premier milliaire au dernier palimpseste: cinq siècles et demi de présence romaine en Grèce 272
- Miliaria in der Provinz Lusitania 303
- Road Network and Roman Frontier in Numidia: the Region of Tobna 323
- Twin Roads: the Road Carthage-Theveste and the via nova Rusicadensis; some Observations and Questions 338
- Miliari e viabilità dell’Etruria romana: un aggiornamento e alcune considerazioni 375
- Excavations in the North of Italy along the via Claudia Augusta 404
- Autorenliste 423
- Index 425
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Preface VII
-
I. A Broader View
- Via ducta – Roman Road Building: An Introduction to Its Significance, the Sources and the State of Research 3
- Roads in the Roman World: Strategy for the Way Forward 22
- Roots to Routes: Gandhara’s Landscapes of Mobility 35
- Rom und die Fernhandelswege durch Arabien 53
- Le livre de poste de Turbo, curateur du praesidium de Xèron Pelagos (Aegyptus) 67
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II. The Roads of the Empire
- Travelling between the Euphrates and the Tigris in Late Antiquity 109
- Milestones near Roman Army Installations in Desert Areas of the Provinces of Palaestina and Arabia 132
- Römische Straßen und Meilensteine im Ebenen Kilikien 147
- CIL XVII, 5, 3: Neue Meilensteine und Straßen aus der Cilicia Aspera 166
- Via publica vel militaris: Die Bernsteinstraße in spätantoninischer und severischer Zeit 191
- The Peutinger Map, the Roman Army and the First Military Roads in Dacia 215
- Roman Roads in Moesia Superior at Six Points 236
- Some Considerations about the Roman Road Network in Central Balkan Provinces 252
- Du premier milliaire au dernier palimpseste: cinq siècles et demi de présence romaine en Grèce 272
- Miliaria in der Provinz Lusitania 303
- Road Network and Roman Frontier in Numidia: the Region of Tobna 323
- Twin Roads: the Road Carthage-Theveste and the via nova Rusicadensis; some Observations and Questions 338
- Miliari e viabilità dell’Etruria romana: un aggiornamento e alcune considerazioni 375
- Excavations in the North of Italy along the via Claudia Augusta 404
- Autorenliste 423
- Index 425
