The Antonine Itinerary is a Latin document that can be described as the 'Road Map' of Roman Britain. It contains directions how to get from one Roman settlement to another, drawn up on the orders of Antoninus Augustus. There are 15 such itineraries in the document.
Itinerary 14
An example can be given of Itinerary 14, which reads as follows (and is also translated):
Original Latin
ITER XIV Item alio itinere ab Isca Calleva mpm ciii sic
- Venta Silurum viiii
- Abone xiiii
- Traiectus viiii
- Aquis Solis vi
- Verlucione xv
- Cunetione xx
- Spinis xv
- Calleva xv
English Translation
Itinerary 14 Likewise an alternate route from Isca Silurum to Calleva Atrebatum one-hundred and three thousand paces thus written
- Caerwent, Gwent 9,000 paces
- Sea Mills, Avon 14,000 paces
- possibly Bitton, nr. Willsbridge, Avon 9,000 paces
- Bath, Avon 6,000 paces
- Sandy Lane, Wiltshire 15,000 paces
- Mildenhall, Wiltshire 20,000 paces
- unknown settlement near Newbury, Berkshire 15,000 paces
- Silchester, Hampshire 15,000 paces