The Antonine Itinerary is a Latin document that can be described as the 'Road Map' of Roman Britain. It contains directions how to get from one Roman settlement to another, drawn up on the orders of Antoninus Augustus. There are 15 such itineraries in the document.

Itinerary 14

An example can be given of Itinerary 14, which reads as follows (and is also translated):

Original Latin

ITER XIV Item alio itinere ab Isca Calleva mpm ciii sic

• Venta Silurum viiii
• Abone xiiii
• Traiectus viiii
• Aquis Solis vi
• Verlucione xv
• Cunetione xx
• Spinis xv
• Calleva xv

English Translation

Itinerary 14 Likewise an alternate route from Isca Silurum to Calleva Atrebatum one-hundred and three thousand paces thus written

• Caerwent, Gwent 9,000 paces
• Sea Mills, Avon 14,000 paces
• possibly Bitton, nr. Willsbridge, Avon 9,000 paces
• Bath, Avon 6,000 paces
• Sandy Lane, Wiltshire 15,000 paces
• Mildenhall, Wiltshire 20,000 paces
• unknown settlement near Newbury, Berkshire 15,000 paces
• Silchester, Hampshire 15,000 paces

From this it can be calculated that a Roman Pace seems to be about 4.69 feet (1.42 metres).

See also

• Roman Britain

External links

• website describing itinerary