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PRAENESTINA  , an ancient road of Italy, leading from Rome E. by S. to Praeneste, a distance of 23 m., Gabii being situated almost exactly half-way . At the ninth mile the road crosses a ravine by the well-preserved and lofty Ponte di Nona, with seven arches, the finest ancient bridge in the neighbourhood of Rome . The line of the road is, considering the - difficulty of the country beyond Gabii, very straight . In the stretch beyond Gabii it is only used as a track, and well preserved . Half-way between Gabii and Praeneste is the well-preserved single-arched bridge, known as Ponte Amato . See T . Ashby in Papers of the British School at Rome, i . 149 sqq . (T .