Via Sublacensis Explained

The Via Sublacensis was a Roman road constructed to connect Nero's palace^[1] (the Villa Sublacensis) in present-day Subiaco to Rome, splitting off from the Via Valeria^[2] near Varia (modern Vicovaro), about 10 km northeast of Tivoli.

It was referred to in relation to the source of the Aqua Anio Novus, a major aqueduct which was originally at the 38th milestone of the Via Sublacensis.^[3]

The junction of the Via Sublacensis with the Via Valeria was discovered in 1889 at Casaletti, in the valley below Roviano, during the construction of an aqueduct at a distance from Rome of 36 miles, according to the preserved milestones.^[4]

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Notes and References

1. Frontinus, de aquaeductu, 1, 7
2. Valeria, Via . 27 . 858 . Thomas . Ashby . Thomas Ashby (archaeologist).
3. Aqueduct . 2 . 242 . Thomas . Ashby . Thomas Ashby (archaeologist).
4. Zaccaria Mari, Intervento di recupero dell’antica via Valeria e del ponte Scutonico nel territorio di Roviano (Roma), Inaugurazione dell’Area archeologica di Ponte Scutonico lungo il percorso naturalistico della Via Valeria antica e della nuova esposizione archeologica nel Palazzo Brancaccio, Roviano (Rm), Via Tiburtina-Valeria km 56.800 (Ponte Scutonico) - Comune di Roviano e Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Lazio, 29 marzo 2014 - Inaugurazione