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The Types of Roman Roads

  • Agger - a built up pass, causeway
  • Angiportus - alley, narrow street
  • Callis - foot-path, pass, track
  • Clivus - sloping street
  • Crepido - pavement
  • Iter - route, passage, walkway
  • Limes - path between field, boundary-line, frontier line
  • Pervium - thoroughfare
  • Platea - street
  • Semita - path
  • Strata - road (for vehicles), street
  • Trames - crossway, by-path, foot-path
  • Via - highway
  • Vicus - quarter of a city, city street

Sources:
Adkins and Adkins Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome
Lewis and Short A Latin Dictionary

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