VIA See also:

• VIA LATINA

LATINA  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient highroad of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, leading . S.E. from See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . It was probably one of the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest of See also:

• ROMAN

Roman roads, leading to the pass of Algidus, so important in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early military See also:

• HISTORY

history of Rome; and it must have preceded the Via See also:

• APPIA, VIA

Appia as a route to See also:

• CAMPANIA

Campania, inasmuch as the Latin See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony at Cales was founded in 334 B.C. and must have been accessible from Rome by road, whereas the Via Appia was only made twenty-two years later . It follows, too, a far more natural See also:

• LINE

line of communication, without the See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering difficulties which the Via Appia had to encounter . As a through route it no doubt preceded the Via See also:

• LABICANA, VIA

Labicana (see LABICANA, VIA), though the latter may have been preferred in later times . After their junction, the Via See also:

• LATINA, VIA

Latina continued to follow the valley of the Trerus (Sacco), following the line taken by the See also:

• MODERN

modern railway to See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples, and passing below the Hernican See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill-towns, See also:

• ANAGNIA [mod. Anagni; pop. (1901) 10,059]

Anagnia, Ferentinum, Frusino, &c . At See also:

• FREGELLAE

Fregellae it crossed the Liris, and then passed through Aquinum and See also:

• CASINUM

Casinum, both of them comparatively See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low-lying towns . It then entered the See also:

• INTERVAL

interval between the See also:

• APENNINES (Gr. 'A1T- vvLvos, Lat. Appenninus—in both cases used in the singular)

Apennines and the volcanic See also:

• GROUP

group of Rocca Monfina, and the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original road, instead of traversing it, turned abruptly N.E. over the mountains to See also:

• VENAFRUM

Venafrum, thus giving a See also:

• DIRECT

direct communication . with the interior of Samnium by roads to See also:

• AESERNIA (mod. Isernia)

Aesernia and See also:

• TELESIA [mod. Telese]

Telesia . In later times, however, there was in all See also:

• PROBABILITY (Lat. probabilis, probable or credible)

probability a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short cut by Rufrae along the line taken by the modern highroad and railway . The two lines rejoined near the See also:

• PRESENT

present railway station of Caianello and the road ran to Teanum and Cales, and so to See also:

• CASILINUM (mod. Capua)

Casilinum, where was the See also:

• CROSSING

crossing of the Volturnus and the junction with the Via Appia . The distance from Rome to Casilinum was 129 M. by the Via Appia, 135 M. by the old Via Latina through Venafrum, 126 m. by the short cut by Rufrae . Considerable remains of the road exist in the neighbourhood of Rome; for the first 40 m., as far as Compitum Anagninum, it is not followed by any modern road; while farther on in its course it is in the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main identical with the modern high-road .

See T . See also:

• ASHBY, TURNER (1824-1862)

Ashby in Papers of the See also:

• BRITISH

British School at Rome iv . 1 sq., v . 1 sq .