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FLAMINIA VIA

Volume 9 · 122 words · 1860 Edition

an ancient Roman road, constructed by C. Flaminius during his censorship, 220 B.C. Proceeding from Rome through Etruria in a direct line to Narnia, now Norri, in Umbria, it there divided into two branches, the one stretching eastwards through Terni and Spoleto to Foligno, where it met the other, which passed through Carcoli and Bevagna. It then continued its course to Nuceria, where it again branched off in two directions, the one passing through the district of Picenum to Ancona, and along the coast of the Adriatic to Fanum Fortunae (Fano), where it met the other, which followed the more direct line of Interisca or Furlo, and Forum Sempronii or Fossombrone. The Via Flaminia terminated at Ariminum. (Bergier, Hist. des Grands Chemins.)