The Via Claudia Nova was ancient Roman road

Roman road

The Roman roads were a vital part of the development of the Roman state, from about 500 BC through the expansion during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. Roman roads enabled the Romans to move armies and trade goods and to communicate. The Roman road system spanned more than 400,000 km...

, build in 47 AD by the Roman Emperor Claudius

Claudius

Claudius , was Roman Emperor from 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, he was the son of Drusus and Antonia Minor. He was born at Lugdunum in Gaul and was the first Roman Emperor to be born outside Italy...

 to connect the Via Caecilia

Via Caecilia

Via Caecilia, an ancient highroad of Italy, which diverged from the Via Salaria at the 35th mile from Rome, and ran by Amiternum to the Adriatic coast, passing probably by Hadria...

 with the Via Claudia Valeria in central Italy

Italy

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.

There are no precise informations about the road's route: according to some sources, it started from Amiternum

Amiternum

Amiternum, a traditional cradle of the Sabines, is an ancient Sabine prefecture in the Abruzzo region of modern Italy at 9 km from L'Aquila. Amiternum was the birthplace of the historian Sallust .It was stormed by the Romans in 293 BC...

, while for others it began at Civitatomassa, currently a frazione

Frazione

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of Scoppito

Scoppito

Scoppito is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy....

. It joined the Via Claudia Valeria near Popoli

Popoli

Popoli is a comune and town in the province of Pescara in the Abruzzo region of Italy.-History:Its Latin name was Castrum Properi , which name was recorded as early as 1016 as the property of Girardo, son of Roccone...

, at the confluence of the Tirino and Aterno

Aterno

The Aterno-Pescara is a river system in Abruzzo, eastern Italy. The river is known as the Aterno near its source in the mountains, but takes the name Pescara, actually a tributary, nearer the city of Pescara and the Adriatic sea.Having the greatest discharge basin of the rivers flowing into the...

 rivers. It passed, among the others, through the ancient cities of Peltuinum

Peltuinum

Peltuinum was a Roman town of the Vestini, on the ancient Via Claudia Nova, 20 km east of L'Aquila, Italy, between the modern-day settlements of Prata d'Ansidonia and Castelnuovo. It was apparently the chief town of that portion of the Vestini who dwelt west of the main Apennine chain. Remains...

, and Ocriticum, where a temple dedicated to Jupiter

Jupiter

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existed.