Resumen de Viae romanae and Urban Spaces in Strabo’s Description of Italy
In Strabo’s Italy (V-VI) the Roman roads constitute the main reference point for the description of the inland towns. In the description ofLatium, that represents a unicum, the geographer tries to theorise this particular use of the roads. Such roads can play a certain role in the construction of the geographical space, like rivers and mountains. The commercialand economic potential of some towns is highlighted. The geographer alsonotes the connectivity between road system and fluvial network. The question of the sources used by Strabo for this particular use of Roman roads inhis description of Italy still remains open.
