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Roman road

roads built in service of the Roman Republic and Empire
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Roman road

Summary

Roman road ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,967 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Roman road is a type of road[2].
  • Roman road's Commons category is recorded as Ancient Roman roads[3].
  • Roman road comprises agger[4].
  • Roman road's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Roman roads[5].
  • Roman road's Commons gallery is recorded as Roman road[6].
  • Roman road's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[7].
  • Roman road's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[8].

Body

Definition and Type

Roman road is a type of road[2].

Use and Application

Roman road comprises agger[4].

Influence

Things named for Roman road include Milky Way[9], a barred spiral galaxy[10].

Why It Matters

Roman road ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,967 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Entities named for it include Milky Way[9], a barred spiral galaxy[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Has parts → —
    Has part(s) → agger
    Described by source → Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Pauly–Wissowa
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541232805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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