Via Postumia
Via Postumia, an ancient highroad of northern
Italy constructed in
148 BC by the
consul Spurius Postumius Albinus. It ran from the coast at
Genua through the mountains to
Dertona,
Placentia (the termination of the
Via Aemilia Lepidi) and
Cremona, just east of the point where it crossed the
Po. From Cremona the road ran eastward to
Bedriacum, where it forked, one branch running to the left to
Verona and thence to the
Brenner, the other to the right to
Mantua,
Altinum, and
Aquileia. The military occupation of
Liguria depended upon this road, and several of the more important towns owed their origin largely to it. Cremona was its central point, the distance being reckoned from it both eastwards and westwards.
