The Via Emilia

 The Via Emilia, the ancient road convenient for the Roman army.

The ancient Roman road through Emilia Romagna allowed the Roman army to move quickly and reach the city of placentia.

The via emilia originated in ancient rome as a roman road. it was built between 189 and 187 b.c. by consul marco emilio lepido. The road was built to directly connect rimini with piacenza at a time when 'placentia' was surrounded by the Boii Gauls who, although defeated by the Romans, had refused to sign a peace treaty with Rome and threatened revolts.

Rome, therefore, decided to build a convenient road to quickly get the army to Placentia ready to suppress any form of revolt by the Boii Gauls.

Several years later, the road was extended from piacenza to milan.

The most important cities crossed by the Via Emilia of Roman foundation and those re-founded by the Romans are: caesena (cesena), forum popili (forlimpopoli), forum livii (forlì), faventia (faenza), forum cornelii (imola), bononia (bologna), mutina (modena), regium lepidi (reggio emilia), tannetum (sant ilario d'enza), fidentia (fidenza), parma, placentia (piacenza).

The Via Aemilia joined two very important Roman roads: the Via Emilia, which started in Rome and reached Rimini (a colony founded in 268 BC) and the Via Postumia, which ran from Piacenza to Aquileia.

Even today, the Roman Via Emilia is the main artery of Emilia Romagna (the region named after the road). The Via Emilia is a wide and comfortable road, mostly straight, a typical feature of Roman roads. the Romans began building long, straight roads for military, commercial and political purposes; they were necessary for the growth of their empire because they allowed the Roman army to move quickly.