Roman roads in Turkey
Asia Minor was crossed by Roman roads from the second century BC onward, and Turkey holds the second largest share of this survey after France. The Via Sebaste was built under Augustus in 6 BC to police the Pisidian highlands; the Via Tauri carried traffic through the Cilician Gates, the pass that every eastern campaign from Alexander onward had to force. The eastern end of the Via Egnatia reached the Bosporus, tying the whole system back to Rome.
- Mapped segments
- 2,028
- Surveyed length
- 41,090 km
- Named roads
- 5
Measured from the Itiner-e survey. Segments by certainty of line: conjectured 1,703, certain 295, hypothetical 30. A conjectured line is one inferred from evidence either side of it, not a road whose existence is doubted.
Named roads in Turkey
Roads the survey identifies by name here, with the length mapped within Turkey's modern borders. Most ran further.
- Via Sebaste 461 km
- Via Egnatia 308 km
- Via Tauri 198 km
- Via Militaris 125 km
- Sacred Way 42 km
What kind of roads
- Secondary Road 1,090 segments
- Main Road 938 segments