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Via Nova, Via XVIII, Geira
Via XVIII near A Pontenova, Lobios
Mansios along Via Nova
LocationRoman province of Hispania from Bracara Augusta (Braga) to Asturica Augusta (Astorga)
TypeRoman road
History
BuilderRoman Empire, Vespasian and Titus
Periods79 BC - 80 BC

The Via Nova or Via XVIII in the Antonine Itinerary[1][2] (also known as Geira) is a Roman road which linked the cities of Bracara Augusta (current Braga[3]) and Asturica Augusta (current Astorga), with a length of about 210 roman miles (about 330 kilometers).

History

It was built between the years 79 and 80 during the rule of Vespasian and his son Titus by the legate C. Calpetanus Rantius Quirinalis Velerius Festus[4] for commercial purposes, and restored in the times of Maximinus Thrax and his son Gaius Julius Verus Maximus. Its layout is reflected in detail in the Antonine Itinerary (3rd century).[5]

Along its route, the roman miles are marked by milestones. Between Bracara Augusta and Asturica Augusta there are eleven mansio[6] (post station and lodging). This route conserves the largest number of milestones in all of Europe.[citation needed]

Itinerary

Mansio Roman miles between each Mansio Location
Bracara Augusta[5] Braga (Portugal)
Salaniana[5] XXI Saim, Chorense, Terras de Bouro, (Portugal)
Aquis Oreginis,[5] Aquis Ogeresibus, Aquis Ocerensis[7]
XVIII 		Baños de Riocaldo (Lobios, Orense)
Aquis Querquennis[5]
XIV 		Baños de Bande (Bande, Orense)
Geminas[5] XVI Zona de Sandianes (Orense)
Salientibus[5] XVII Xinzo da Costa (Maceda, Orense)
Praesidio[5] XVIII North of O Burgo (Orense)
Nemetobriga[5] XIII Between Puebla de Trives and Laroco (Orense)
Foro[5] XIX La Rua de Valdeorras (Orense)
Gemestario[5] XVIII Portela de Aguiar (El Bierzo, León)
Castro Bergidum[5] XIII Cacabelos (El Bierzo, León)
Interamnium Flavium[5] XX Bembibre (El Bierzo, León)
Asturica Augusta[5] XXX Astorga (León)

References

  1. ^ Parthey, Gustav Friedrich Constantin; Pinder, Moritz Edward (1848). Iternerarium Antonini Avgvsti et Hierosolymitanvm ex libris manvscriptis ediderunt G. Parthey et M. Pinder (in Latin). New York Public Library. Berolini, F. Nicolai. p. 201.
  2. ^ Lemos; Batista (1995). "Estudo de um troço da via XVIII do Itinerário Antonino na Serra do Gerês (a Geira Romana)" (PDF). Cadernos de Arqueologia, Série II, 12-13: 113–133.
  3. ^ Lemos, Francisco de Sande (2002). "Bracara Augusta - a grande plataforma viária do Noroeste da Hispania". Forum (in Portuguese) (31): 95–127. ISSN 0871-0422.
  4. ^ RODRIGUEZ COLMERO, Antonio; FERRER SIERRA, Santiago; ALVAREZ ASOREY, Rubén D. (2004). Miliarios e outras inscricións viarias romanas do noroeste hispánico (conventos Bracarense, Lucence e Asturicence) (in Galician). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega. pp. 17, 353.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Talbert, Richard J. A.; Elliott, Tom (August 16, 2010). Rome's World: The Peutinger Map Reconsidered. Cambridge University Press. p. 261. ISBN 9780521764803 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Rodriguez Colmeno, António (1995). "Mansiones y mutationes en la Via Nova" (PDF). Cadernos de Arqueologia, Série II, 12-13 (in Spanish): 89–112.
  7. ^ "Xacemento romano Aquis Originis". Patrimonio Galego (in Galician). Retrieved 2023-01-22.
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