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APPENDIX 1: Ancient roads and itineraries
I THE COAST ROAD : Tacapae (Gabes) to Arae Philaenorurn (Ras el Aali)
(a) Published milestones
1.4 km SSE of Gabes, M/s of Nerva (A. D. 97). (Might also be from the
inland route to Martae - see IV below). CIL 8.10016.
2.20 km SE of Gabes, M/s of Aurelian (272 or 274). CIL 8.10017.
3-11. M/ss of Caracalla (216) found at the following distances (m. p. )
from Gigthis (Bou Ghara) XV, X, IX, VIII VI, V. III
.
, also
two of uncertain provenance. BCTH 1908, CCXII; BCTH 1920,39-42;
ILAf 653.
12. M/s of Caracalla (216) 2 m. p. from Gigthis and a Tacapis XLVIII,
BCTH 1920,38; ILAf 653.
13-15. M/ss of Caracalla (216) -a finibus Tacapitanorum 'XI-N, Diocletian
and Maximian; Constantine and Constantine Caesar m. p. I from Gigthis.
BCTH 1920,37-38; ILAf 653.
16. Gigthis, m/s of Caracalla (216) a finibus Tacapitanorum XXII.
CIL 8.11022; ILAf 653.
17-20. Between Gigthis and Zita (Zian), m/s of Caracalla at the following
distances from Zita, m. p. XXVI, XXIII, XXII (one uncertain).
BCTH 1920,51-52; BCTH 1934-35,33; ILAf 652; ILT 1719.
21. Between Gigthis and Sabratha. Bu Chemmasc, Pisidia, m/s of
Caracalla. IRT 923.
22. Between Oea and Lepcis, Casr Garabulli, m/s of Caracalla. IRT 928.
23. M/s of Gallienus (264) from m. p. xVIII or xVIIII from Lepcis. IRT 927.
24. M/s of Claudius Tacitus (276) m. p. V from Lepcis. IRT 926.
25-26. M/ss of Maximinus (237) m. p. III, I from Lepcis, found at Homs.
IRT 924,925.
27. Lepcis, M/s of Diocletian (290-292) possibly relating to coast
road. Salama 1965,39; Goodchild 1971,169. IRT 972.
28.10 km. E of Lepcis, M/s of Caracalla (216 ) IRT 929; Goodchild 1948,
10 no. 5.
(b) Unpublished Milestones
29. M/s of Augustus (c. A. D. 14) found near Sabratha. Di Vita-Evrard 1979,91.
30. M/s of Caracalla found near Syrtic shore W of Sirte, Rebuff at 1982c, 196.
31. M/s of Caracalla found "near Misurata" ( ). Goodchild 1971,158.
On the course of the road see further Tissot 1888,196-243; Aurigemma 1926b,
3-15; Goodchild 1948,10,1954b; Bartoccini 1948,150-57; Brogan 1975b, 58;
Rebuffat 1973c, 137-44.
(c)
The Itineraries
The following table compares the information given by the Antonine
Itinerary, the Tabula Peutingeriana, the Ravenna Cosmography and Guido. In
this instance modern locations have not been suggested as some places are
easily identifiable (Lepcis, Oea, Sabratha etc. ) whilst others by their
very nature are unlikely to be locateable if there is even a small dis-
crepancy in the recorded mileages (Casas Villa Aniciorum, Ad cisternas
etc. ) A good deal of speculation has been attempted in the past, often
using inadequate maps, and the question undoubtedly requires reexamination
at some future date. I have tried to indicate here the sections where
the roads recorded in the Ant. It. and Tab. Peut. are coincident (thick
line), where they are possibly coincident (broken line) and where they
probably diverge (blank).
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