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Via Aurelia
The ''Via Aurelia'' (Aurelian Way) was a Roman road in Italy constructed in approximately the year 241 BC. The project was undertaken by C. Aurelius Cotta, who at that time was censor.〔Hornblower, Simon, & Antony Spawforth. ''The Oxford Classical Dictionary.'' 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.〕 Cotta had a history of building roads for Rome, as he had overseen the construction of a military road in Sicily (as consul in 252 BC, during the First Punic War) connecting ''Agrigentum'' (modern Agrigento) and ''Panormus'' (modern Palermo).〔''The Cambridge Ancient History.'' () ed. London: Cambridge University Press, 1970. Volume 7, p. 548 & 643〕
==Background==
In the middle Republic, a series of roads were built throughout Italy to serve the needs of Roman expansion, including swift army movements and reasonably quick communication with Roman colonies spread throughout Italy. There also was the unintended (but beneficial) consequence of an increase in trade among Italian cities and with Rome. The roads were standardized to wide allowing two chariots to pass, and distance was marked with milestones.〔(Via Aurelia: The Roman Empire's Lost Highway ) ''Smithsonian Magazine'', June 2009〕 The ''Via Aurelia'' was constructed as a part of this road construction campaign, which began in 312 BC with the building of the ''Via Appia''. Other roads included in this construction period were the ''Viae Amerina'' (ca. 241 BC), ''Flaminina'', ''Clodia'', ''Aemilia'', ''Cassia'', ''Valeria'' (ca. 307 BC), and ''Caecilia'' (ca. 283 BC).〔''The Cambridge Ancient History.'' () ed. London: Cambridge University Press, 1970. Volume 8, p. 484.〕
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