Via XVIII

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Via Nova, Via XVIII, Geira

Via XVIII near A Pontenova, Lobios
Mansios along Via Nova
Location	Roman province of Hispania from Bracara Augusta (Braga) to Asturica Augusta (Astorga)
Type	Roman road
History
Builder	Roman Empire, Vespasian and Titus
Periods	79 BC - 80 BC

The Via Nova or Via XVIII in the Antonine Itinerary^[1][2] (also known as Geira) is a Roman road which linked the cities of Bracara Augusta (current Braga ^[3]) and Asturica Augusta (current Astorga), with a length of about 210 Roman miles (about 330 kilometers).

History[]

It was built between the years 79 and 80 during the rule of Vespasian and his son Titus by the legate C. Calpetanus Rantius Quirinalis Velerius Festus^[4] for commercial purposes, and restored in the times of Maximinus Thrax and his son Gaius Julius Verus Maximus. Its layout is reflected in detail in the Antonine Itinerary (3rd century).^{[citation needed]}

Along its route, the Roman miles are marked by milestones. Between Bracara Ausgusta and Asturica Augusta there are eleven mansio^[5] (post station and lodging). This route conserves the largest number of milestones in all of Europe.^{[citation needed]}

Itinerary[]

Mansio	Roman Miles	Location
Bracara Augusta		Braga (Portugal)
Salaniana	XXI	Saim, Chorense, Terras de Bouro, (Portugal)
Aquis Oreginis	XVIII	Baños de Riocaldo (Lobios, )
	XIV	Baños de Bande (Bande, )
Geminas	XVI	Zona de ()
Salientibus	XVII	Xinzo da Costa (Maceda, )
Praesidio	XVIII	North of O Burgo ()
Nemetobriga	XIII	Between and ()
Foro	XIX	La Rua de Valdeorras ()
Gemestario	XVIII	(El Bierzo, León)
	XIII	Cacabelos (El Bierzo, León)
Interamnium Flavium	XX	(El Bierzo, León)
Asturica Augusta	XXX	Astorga (León)

References[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Geira.

External Links[]

• Instituto Nacional de Conservação da Natureza. Geira : Via Romana XVIII.
• LEMOS, Francisco de Sande; BAPTISTA, António Martinho. «Estudo de um troço da Via XVIII do Itinerário de Antonino na Serra do Gerês», in Cadernos de Arqueologia, série II, 12-13, 1995-1996, pp. 113-133.
• RODRIGUEZ COLMERO, Antonio; FERRER SIERRA, Santiago; ALVAREZ ASOREY, Rubén D. Miliarios e outras inscricións viarias romanas do noroeste hispánico (conventos Bracarense, Lucence e Asturicence). Santiago de Compostela, Consello da Cultura Galega (gl).