VIA AMERINA
VIA AMERINA is the name given in an inscription of the time of Hadrian (Orell.
Inscr. 3306) to a line of road, which must obviously be that leading direct from Rome to Ameria.
This, as we learn from the Tabula, branched off from the Via Cassia at Baccanae (
Baccano), and proceeded through Nepete and Falerii to Ameria.
The stations and distances as there given are:--
| Rome to |
Baccanae |
xxi. |
M. P. |
| |
Nepete (Nepi） |
ix. |
|
| |
Falerii (Sta Maria di Falleri） |
v. |
|
| |
Castellum Amerinum |
xii. |
|
| |
Ameria (Amelia） |
ix. |
|
The sum of these distances (56 miles) agrees precisely with the statement of Cicero, who, in the oration
Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino ( 7.18), observes that it was 56 miles from Ameria to Rome.
According to the Tabula a prolongation of the same road led from Ameria to Tuder, and thence by a circuitous route through Vettona and Perusia to Clusium, where it rejoined the Via Cassia.
The first station to Ameria is omitted: thence to
| Tuder (Todi), was |
vi. |
M. P. |
| Vettona (Bettona） |
xx. |
|
| Perusia (Perugia） |
xiv. |
|
The distance from that city to Clusium is again omitted.
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