Roman itineraries

map of the road network in the Roman Empire

Imperial Roman register of roads and stations

Western Roman Christian woman, widely regarded to be the author of a detailed account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land about 381/2–384

thumb|Beginning of the Periplus of the Euxine Sea|Periplous tou Euxeinou Pontou by Arrian of Nicomedia, [[Johann Froben and Nicolaus Episcopius, Basel 1533]] A periplus (), or periplous, is a manuscript document that lists the ports and coastal landmarks, in order and with approximate intervening distances, that the captain of a vessel could expect to find along a shore. In that sense, the periplus was a type of log, the nautical counterpart of the later Roman itinerarium of road stops. However, the Greek navigators added various notes, which, if they were professional geographers, as many wer

thumb|An itinerarium, as seen on one of the 1st century Vicarello Cups

4th-century account of a pilgrimage from Bordeaux to the Holy Land

2nd century guidebook by Arrian

ancient Roman periplus

inscribed cups listing road stations Rome-Cadiz

literary work

Late antiquity work on Alexander the Great

inscribed monument listing Roman roads built

road network