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Military sites: forts, fortresses and frontier works

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Via Nomentana

Via Nomentana, ancient Roman road from Rome through Porta Collina and Porta Nomentana to Nomentum (modern Mentana), about 14 Roman miles, once called Via Ficulensis; disputed junction with the Via Salaria near Eretum.

Via Severiana

Via Severiana: Roman coastal road from Porto/Ostia to Terracina in southern Lazio, named for Septimius Severus, documented by a 238 AD inscription and the Tabula Peutingeriana.

Vigna Spinabella

Vigna Spinabella, a locality near Bovillae (Frattocchie), Marino, Lazio; site of a Roman villa occupied from the Augustan age to late antiquity, Barrington Atlas 43 C2 no. 44, with Republican votive finds.

Villa del fondo Ippolito Zurlo

Villa del fondo Ippolito Zurlo, a Roman villa rustica at Boscoreale (contrada Giuliana, via Grotta II, today Pompei), found in 1895 by Ippolito Zurlo, excavated 1897 by Vincenzo De Prisco, then re-buried; Fourth Style paintings now in the Louvre and British Museum.

Villa gallo-romaine de Barat de Vin

Barat de Vin Gallo-Roman villa: 3rd–4th century CE villa or roadside staging post at Sorde-l'Abbaye, Landes, France, on the Bordeaux–Astorga Roman road, with a seven-room balneum, 5 m walls, and 4th-century mosaics; distinct from the villa des Abbés under Sorde Abbey.

Watling Lodge

Watling Lodge, Falkirk, Scotland: site of a Roman fortlet on the Antonine Wall guarding the only road crossing of the frontier besides fort gates, garrisoned by about 30 soldiers from Rough Castle, excavated 1972–74.