Via Tiburtina

It was probably built by the Roman censor Marcus Valerius Maximus in 307 BC[1] at the time of the conquest of the Aequi territory and later lengthened, probably in about 154 BC, by Marcus Valerius Messalla to the territories of the Marsi and the Aequi in the Abruzzo, as Via Valeria.

Its total length was approximately 200 km from Rome to Aternum (the modern Pescara).

Historians assert that the Via Tiburtina must have come into existence as a trail during the establishment of the Latin League.

[citation needed] It is difficult to determine the part of the course from Albulae Aquae to Tibur.

[2] Though afterward it became an important thoroughfare, the extension of the Via Tiburtina beyond Tibur always retained its original name of Via Valeria.