Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire

Legend

Placename	Zoom
Ancient place name (major places), e.g. HERCULANEUM	7
Ancient place name (all other places), e.g. Stabiae	8
Ancient name of rivers, e.g. Aufidus (repeated)	6
Ancient name of lakes, e.g. Lemannus	7
Ancient name of road, e.g. Via Appia (repeated)	10
Ancient name of natural features (island, mountain, cape) e.g. Vosegus Mons	9
Modern placename, e.g. Terzigno	10

Ancient name
Poseidonia/Paestum	Alternate names, only one is selected for the map
‘Delphinis’	Name in its attested form
Mediolan(i)um	Variant spelling
[Vicus Aventia]	Name known only from earlier or later source
*Neronia	Reconstructed name
Med(...)	Name only partially known

Map Symbols
Symbol	Identifier	Description	Zoom
	11	Major settlement (capital, colonia, municipium)	6
	17	Major fort (legionary fortress)	6
	13	Civitas capital (Late Roman Gallia)	8
	12	Settlement (civitas, vicus, other settlement)	8
	18	Fort (castrum, castellum)	8
	53	Fortlet, tower	10
	16	Road or coastal station	8
	31	Iron Age (Celtic) Oppidum	9
	35	Late Roman Oppidum	9
	19	Oasis	9
	61	Sanctuary or temple	9
	66	Bath	9
	32	Tumulus	10
	63	Cemetery	10
	21	Monastery	10
	24	Church	10
	14	Villa	10
	57	Mine, quarry or production	10
	49	Pass	10
	51	Bridge	10
	55	Road/milestone	10
	52	Aqueduct/dam/cistern/spring	10
	64	Monument	10


	Province, e.g. Raetia	5-7
Roman roads in Britain. Source: The Secret History of the Roman Roads of Britain, CC BY-NC-SA
	Main routes	5
	Principal branches	7
	Minor branches	10
Roman roads (Barrington Atlas). Source: Ancient World Mapping Center (AWMC), CC BY-NC 3.0
	Major roads	5
	Minor roads	7
	Aqueducts. Source: ROMAQ - The Atlas Project of Roman Aqueducts	8
	Limes, citywall	7
	Ancient coastline (AWMC, CC BY-NC 3.0)	8-9
	Perennial/Permanent lakes and rivers	5
	Non-Perennial/Intermittent/Fluctuating lakes and rivers	8
Elevation Source: SRTM 90m Digital Elevation Database v4.1 \| CGIAR-CSI		Zoom
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	Sea level (Coast lines are modern)
	Below sea level
	Elevation every 100 m	11
	Elevation every 50 m	11

Land Cover Modern Forest and seminatural areas Source: Corine Land Cover 2000 seamless vector data - version 16, © European Environment Agency (EEA)		Zoom
	Broad-leaved forest	10
	Coniferous forest	10
	Mixed forest	10
	Natural grasslands	10
	Moors and heathland	10
	Sclerophyllous vegetation	10
	Transitional woodland-shrub	10
	Beaches, dunes, sands	10
	Glaciers and perpetual snow	10
	Inland Marshes	10
	Peat Bogs	10
	Salt Marshes	10
	Salines	10
	Intertidal Flats	10