TheVia Nomentana was an ancientRoman road in Italy, leading North-East fromRome toNomentum (modernMentana), a distance of 23 km (14 mi). It originally bore the name "Via Ficulensis", from the old Latin village of Ficulea, about 13 km (8.1 mi) from Rome. It was subsequently extended to Nomentum, but never became an important high road, and merged in theVia Salaria a few kilometers beyond Nomentum.[citation needed] It is followed as far as Nomentum by the modern state road, but some traces of its pavement still exist.[1]
The road started at thePorta Collina in theServian Walls until the third century, when emperorAurelian built thePorta Nomentana in hisnew set of walls.
There are the remains of at least oneRoman bridge along the road, thePonte Nomentano.
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