Roman Roads: The New Way of Trajan

Daniel Hoffman Lee University

Links

• http://www.calvin.edu/academic/archaeology/uj/publicat/interp/name.htm
  (Article on Um el –Jimal by Bert de Vries with photo of Via Nova going toward Bostra)

• http://www.ncsu.edu/chass/history/rapweb/historical.htm
  (Article on Aila with discussion of the southern end of the Via Nova)

• http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/Classics/archeology/rsame.html
  (Aerial photos of military sites at or near the Via Nova)

• http://www.ku.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe
  /Italy/Umbria/Terni/Orvieto/Orvieto/Roman/milestone.html
  (Good explanation of the decipherment of a milestone inscription that mentions Trajan but from Rome’s Via Nova rather than the Via Nova in Jordan)

• http://www.armatura.connectfree.co.uk/jordan.htm
  (Nice photos of key sites on or near the Via Nova in Jordan)

• http://www.dahlan.com/jerash.html
  (Photos and explanation of the importance of Jerash, Pella, and Um Qeis near the Via Nova in Jordan)

• http://www.acsamman.edu.jo/~ms/roman/index.html
  (Photos and details about Jerash, Amman, from an educational site)

• http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp/educational_site/arch_sites/
  (Higher educational site with units on Jerash, Petra, etc.)

• http://www.ncsu.edu/ncsu/chass/history/rapweb/home.htm
  (Archaeological web site with updates on most of Jordan’s major digs; Roman Aqaba, Petra, and many other sites are on or near the Via Nova)

• http://www.ancientroute.com/cities/bosra.htm
  (Site with photos and history of Bosra/Busra/Bostra at the northern end of the Via Nova in Syria today)

• http://www.ancientroute.com/KingsHwyM.htm
  (Photos and history of multiple sties along the King’s highway which is essentially the same as the Via Nova)