Via Aurelia
Map of Roman roads; Via Aurelia is in dark blue. | |
| Location | Rome to Luni, Italy |
|---|---|
| Type | Roman road |
| History | |
| Builder | Gaius Aurelius Cotta |
| Periods | 241 BC |
The Via Aurelia (lit. 'Aurelian Way') is a Roman road in Italy constructed in approximately 241 BC. The project was undertaken by Gaius Aurelius Cotta, who at that time was censor. Cotta had a history of building roads for Rome, as he had overseen the construction of a military road in Sicily (as consul in 252 BC, during the First Punic War) connecting Agrigentum (modern Agrigento) and Panormus (modern Palermo).