Via Salaria

Via Salaria, an ancient road of Italy, which eventually ran from Rome to Castrum Truentinum (Porto d'Ascoli) on the Adriatic coast, a distance of 242 km, via Reate (Rieti ) and Asculum (Ascoli Piceno). It owes its name to the Latin word for "salt", since it was the route by which the Sabines came to fetch salt from the marshes at the mouth of the Tiber; some historians consider the Salaria and the trade in salt to have been the origin of the settlement of Rome. Some remains still exist of the mountain sections of the road.

External links

• Platner/Ashby article on the section of the road within the city of Rome
• Along the Salaria (section near Ascoli)