Via Cassia
a Pleiades
place
resource
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History
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Roman road
An ancient Roman road branching off from the Via Flaminia and continuing to Luna, where it joined the Via Aurelia. The Via Cassia post-dates the Via Amerina and was built after 240 B.C. It combined new construction with re-use of pre-existing roads and tracks.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/447759107
42.5302615509, 11.9729826392
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- Via Cassia (Italian, modern)
- Via Cassia communicates with Unnamed road (330 BC - AD 640)
- Via Cassia connection Via Aurelia (unspecified date range)
- Ad Sextum located on Via Cassia (30 BC - AD 300)
- Aquae Passeris connection Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Arretium connection Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Baccanae located on Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Bridge on Via Cassia near *Volsinii Veteres connection Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Clusium located on Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Florentia located on Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Forum Cassii located on Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Luca connection Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Lucio Vero connection Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Luna located on Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Pistoriae connection Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Ponte Camillario located on Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Robigo?, T. located on Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Roma connection Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Sutrium located on Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Tomb of Vibius Marianus located on Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Untitled connection Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Velzna/*Volsinii Veteres/Urbiventus connection Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Via Aurelia connection Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Via Ciminia communicates with Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Via Flaminia connection Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Vicus Matrini connection Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
- Villa di Casale Ghella located on Via Cassia (unspecified date range)
road
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 43 B1 Via Cassia
- Cavallo 2009
- Ceci 2015
- Ceci 2017
- Degrassi 1982
- Ditaranto 2016
- Hemphill 1975
- Mosca 2002
- Patterson 2020 7–18, 142, 164–166, 228–244, 284–291
- RE Cassia via (C. Hülsen)
- RE Suppl. 13 Viae publicae Romanae, cols. 224-25
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) VIA CASSIA
- ToposText Via Cassia (Italia)
- Wikipedia (English) Via Cassia
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 43 B1 Via Cassia
L. Quilici and S. Quilici Gigli, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Via Cassia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/447759107> [accessed: 09 June 2026]
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