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« on: February 04, 2023, 11:21:49 »

This service is for Staines and Silchester. Change at Silchester for the Ermin line to Speen, Swindon, Cirencester and places to Carmarthen. Also for Portway line to Salisbury, and places to Dorchester and Exeter.

From https://sashamaps.net/docs/maps/roman-roads-of-britain/


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« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2023, 11:36:48 »

Very interesting. Pity Marlborough isn’t still called Cornetto!

Also odd to see Bristol at the unfashionable end of an unnamed track heading west from Bath. The Portway is a bit further south than I was expecting too.
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« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2023, 13:50:21 »

I have been wondering when someone would create a Roman road map like that. There are lots of local roads that could be added which would give you an equivalent to today's railway network. However, Bourton, Braintree and Braughing are suspiciously post-Roman, so not sure how they crept onto the map.

It would be interesting if those towns with Roman histories changed their station names to reflect the Roman ones for one day. The on-train announcements would be fun.

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« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2023, 16:48:12 »

I believe Wallsend Metro Station on the Tyne and Wear system, and located on Hadrian's Wall, has a sign pointing to its Vomitorium (which is not what it first appears to be - but also might be).
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« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2023, 17:06:53 »

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I believe Wallesnd Metro Station on the Tyne and Wear system and located on Haddrian's Wall has a sign pointing to its Vomitorium (which is not what it first appears to be - but also might be).

It has the odd distinction of being the only station in Britain (the World?) with signage in Latin. It's the stop for the Segedunum fort site and associated museum and viewing tower, partly using old Swan Hunter shipyard buildings. Well worth a visit if you are in that part of the world.
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« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2023, 22:45:12 »

Very interesting. Pity Marlborough isn’t still called Cornetto!

There was already a place called Cornetto in Umbria, it led to a policy of “Just one Cornetto”…  Grin
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« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2023, 10:26:47 »

Those who like Roman roads and journey planners may enjoy https://www.omnesviae.org, where someone has assembled the data from the Tabula Peutingeriana and the Itinerarium Antonini to give a journey planner for the Roman Empire. You can specify 'ab' and 'ad' (with drop-down lists) and then click on [Ostendere].

So, from Aquae Sulis (aka Bath) to Lutetia (Paris) comes out as CCCXXII milia passuum and will take XXII dies.
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« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2023, 20:14:55 »

Very interesting. Pity Marlborough isn’t still called Cornetto!

Also odd to see Bristol at the unfashionable end of an unnamed track heading west from Bath. The Portway is a bit further south than I was expecting too.

Work to build a station on the other Parkway started around this time, and should be finished "soon".
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« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2023, 13:13:41 »

Also odd to see Bristol at the unfashionable end of an unnamed track heading west from Bath. The Portway is a bit further south than I was expecting too.
The Via Julia. Preserved today in Julian Road: https://goo.gl/maps/h2Nah35AUWTenmi88
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