Via Postumia

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Via Postumia was an ancient Roman road of northern Italy constructed in 148 BC by the consul Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus. It ran from the coast at Genua through the mountains to Dertona, Placentia (the termination of the Via Aemilia Lepidi) and Cremona, just east of the point where it crossed the Po River. From Cremona the road ran eastward to Bedriacum, where it forked, one branch running to the left to Verona, the other to the right to Mantua, Gemona and Aquileia. The military occupation of Liguria depended upon this road, and several of the more important towns owed their origin largely to it. Cremona was its central point, the distance being reckoned from it both eastwards and westwards.