Roman roads in Israel
Roman Iudaea was intensively roaded after the revolts of AD 66 and 132, when Rome decided the province needed permanent military control. The roads run between the governor's seat at Caesarea Maritima, the legionary fortresses at Jerusalem and Legio near Megiddo, and the frontier forts, and Israel has one of the highest densities of surviving Roman milestones anywhere in the empire.
What to see
Caesarea Maritima has an aqueduct running along the beach, a theatre and the harbour Herod built with hydraulic concrete shipped from Italy. Beit She'an, ancient Scythopolis, is the most complete Roman city in the country, flattened by an earthquake in AD 749 and excavated much as it fell, with its colonnaded streets and bath house still legible.
- Mapped segments
- 179
- Surveyed length
- 2,520 km
- Named roads
- 1
Measured from the Itiner-e survey. Segments by certainty of line: conjectured 99, certain 66, hypothetical 14. A conjectured line is one inferred from evidence either side of it, not a road whose existence is doubted.
Named roads in Israel
Roads the survey identifies by name here, with the length mapped within Israel's modern borders. Most ran further.
- Incense Road 166 km
What kind of roads
- Secondary Road 99 segments
- Main Road 80 segments