Roman roads in Netherlands
Almost every Roman road in the Netherlands relates to the limes, the Rhine frontier that marked the edge of the empire. The Limesweg ran along the river's south bank linking the forts from the North Sea inland, built on causeways and pile foundations through ground that was mostly water. It forms part of the Lower German Limes, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2021.
What to see
The limes is easiest to see at Nijmegen, the oldest city in the country and the site of a legionary fortress, and at Utrecht, where the outline of the fort of Traiectum is marked in the paving of Domplein. Waterlogged ground along the old Rhine has preserved things dry sites lose: Roman barges, timber road foundations and the wooden writing tablets that come with them.
- Mapped segments
- 233
- Surveyed length
- 920 km
- Named roads
- 4
Measured from the Itiner-e survey. Segments by certainty of line: conjectured 89, hypothetical 75, certain 69. A conjectured line is one inferred from evidence either side of it, not a road whose existence is doubted.
Named roads in Netherlands
Roads the survey identifies by name here, with the length mapped within Netherlands's modern borders. Most ran further.
- Limesweg 180 km
- Via Lacina 34 km
- Via Belgica 17 km
- Via Traiana 10 km
What kind of roads
- Main Road 151 segments
- Secondary Road 82 segments