Via Salaria

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Via Salaria is an ancient Roman road that historically connected Rome to the Adriatic Sea, serving as a major route for the transport of salt and other goods.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman consular road
ancient Roman road
associatedWith Sabines
builtBy Romans
commodityTransported agricultural products
livestock
salt
connects Adriatic coast
Rome
Sabine territory
country Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
crosses Apennine Mountains
linked to: Apennines
culturalImpact facilitated Romanization of central Italy
etymology Latin word sal meaning salt
followsRiver Tiber River
linked to: Tiber

Tronto River
Velino River
hasModernUrbanSegment Via Salaria (street in Rome)
linked to: Via Salaria
hasSectionIn Rome (city)
linked to: Rome
historicalPeriod Roman Empire
Roman Republic
linkedEconomicActivity interregional commerce
salt trade
linkedTo Tiber port of Rome
linked to: Ostia
locatedIn Italian Peninsula
maintainedBy Roman state
modernEquivalent Italian state highway SS4
namedAfter salt
partOf Roman road network
passesThrough Abruzzo
Ascoli Piceno
Lazio
Marche
linked to: Marche region

Rieti
precededBy Sabine salt trail
regionHistoricallyServed Picenum
Sabina
roadType paved stone road
significance major commercial artery
strategic military route
terminusA Rome
terminusB Adriatic Sea
Castrum Truentinum
Porto d’Ascoli
transportMode land transport
usedFor military movements
salt transport
trade route

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Catacombs of Rome locatedAlong Via Salaria
Picenum romanRoad Via Salaria
Via Salaria hasModernUrbanSegment Via Salaria (street in Rome)
linked to: Via Salaria
Cittaducale roadConnection Via Salaria
Rieti roadNetworkConnection Via Salaria
subject linked to: city of Rieti
Forano roadConnection Via Salaria area roads
linked to: Via Salaria