Twin Roads: the Road Carthage-Theveste and the via nova Rusicadensis; some Observations and Questions
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Mariette de Vos Raaijmakers
Abstract
This paper will give some updated information about two roads connecting the Mediterranean coast to the inland of Africa proconsularis and Numidia. As far as the first road is concerned - from Carthage to Theveste - its use in the Byzantine period will be discussed. Of the second road - from Rusicade to Cirta - an overview will be presented. At first they were a sort of twin roads: the first one, in Proconsularis, was built by Hadrian and his legatus pro praetore Publius Metilius Secundus. Before the first road was completed, Hadrian and Sex. Iulius Maior started to build the second one, in Numidia, but under different conditions. Both roads were necessary for the army and also for transporting the onus fiscale to the ports and ship it to Rome, where the grain distributions were a conditio sine qua non: the emperor could not reign without them. In the Appendix three Hadrianic milestones of the road Carthage-Theveste are rediscussed and four milestones of the via nova Rusicadensis are illustrated.
Abstract
This paper will give some updated information about two roads connecting the Mediterranean coast to the inland of Africa proconsularis and Numidia. As far as the first road is concerned - from Carthage to Theveste - its use in the Byzantine period will be discussed. Of the second road - from Rusicade to Cirta - an overview will be presented. At first they were a sort of twin roads: the first one, in Proconsularis, was built by Hadrian and his legatus pro praetore Publius Metilius Secundus. Before the first road was completed, Hadrian and Sex. Iulius Maior started to build the second one, in Numidia, but under different conditions. Both roads were necessary for the army and also for transporting the onus fiscale to the ports and ship it to Rome, where the grain distributions were a conditio sine qua non: the emperor could not reign without them. In the Appendix three Hadrianic milestones of the road Carthage-Theveste are rediscussed and four milestones of the via nova Rusicadensis are illustrated.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- 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
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- 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
-
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
