Vasos Apolinares


A jar from the stipe given to the gods of the Apollines

The Apollinarian Vases, also known as Vascula Apollinaria and Vases of Vicarello, are four silver vessels discovered in the thermal baths of Vicarello, near the lake of Bracciano (Acquae Apollinares), near Rome, in 1852.

In the form of a miliary, it is believed that they are ex-votos of some Cadiz who sought health in the waters of the lake. On its walls are engraved the names and distances between the different stations of the road that took from Gades to Rome, with a length of about 1,841 Roman miles.

They are an exceptional geographical and historical source. At the moment they are conserved in the Museum of the Villa Giulia, in Rome.

Other ancient sources for the study of Roman roads Iberian Peninsula

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