Via Brixiana

Brixian Way

Via Brixiana
Glimpse of via Brescia in Pontevico (Brescia), which follows the route of the ancient via Brixiana.
Location	Eastern Lombardy, Brescia to Cremona
Type	Roman road
Site notes
Condition	No longer exists
Ownership	Roman Empire Western Roman Empire

The Via Brixiana, or Via Cremonensis,^[1][2] was a Roman road created during the Roman-Gallic wars in the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul. It connected Cremona to Brescia, from which Roman roads passed and then branched out towards the entire Northern Italy.

Route

The Via Brixiana started in Cremona, an important inland port long the Po and ended in Brixia (Brescia),^[3] traversed by Via Gallica, connecting the city to the other roman consular roads. Due to Cremona fedelissima et nobilissima colonia de Romani (1585), the road, left Cremona (Cremona), intersecting Via Postumia,^[4] Via Regina, and traversed the Bassa Cremonese, continuing through Plaxanum (Pozzaglio ed Uniti), Brazzuoli, a Plaxanum's frazione, and Rubeccum (Robecco d'Oglio). Then, the road traversed the Ollius (Oglio) in Pontis Vicus (Pontevico) by a bridge who gave the name to the town,^[2] traversing Bassa Bresciana through Bassianum (Bassano Bresciano), Minervium (Manerbio), Balneolum (Bagnolo Mella) and Brixia (Brescia).^[5]

Sources

1. La Via Postumia (in Italian). Pierluigi Tozzi. 1999. p. 22.
2. La Venetia nell'area Padano-Danubiana: le vie di comunicazione: convegno internazionale, Venezia, 6-8 aprile 1988 (in Italian). Giunta Regionale del Veneto (published 10 April 1988). 1990. p. 22. ISBN 9788813166786.
3. Pierluigi Romeo, di Colloredo Mels (2017). Roma contro Roma: L'anno dei quattro imperatori e le due battaglie di Bedriacum (in Italian). Soldiershop Publishing. p. 12. ISBN 9788893272483.
4. Kenneth, Wellesley (2002). Year of the Four Emperors. Routhledge. p. 282. ISBN 9781134562275.
5. "VIA BRIXIANA". romanoimpero.com. Archived from the original on 2023-09-21. Retrieved 2023-12-26.