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Via Salaria

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ancient Roman road in the Apennine Peninsula

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Route of Via Salaria (in gray) Roman roads around Rome

The Via Salaria was an ancient Roman road in Italy. It eventually ran from Rome (from Porta Salaria of the Aurelian Walls) to Castrum Truentinum (Porto d'Ascoli) on the Adriatic coast, a distance of 242 km. The road also passed through Reate (Rieti) and Asculum (Ascoli Piceno).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Via Salaria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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