Roman Milestone

• The Roman milestone was called a Milliaria or Lapides.
• It was usually a slab or cylindrical pillar made of stone or marble and placed at intervals of one Roman Mile.

Description

• The Roman mile was 1,000 paces, each pace being 5 Roman feet, making it 4,590 ft long (1,430m).
• The milestone bore an inscription which gave the name and titles of the reigning Consul or Emperor and sometimes, but not always, the mileage from a named town. Some carried the name of the official contracted to make repairs. In Turkey and other Provinces, the Roman milestones were inscribed in both Latin and Greek.

Milliarium Aureum

• The Milliarium Aureum was the Golden Milestone in Rome.
• It was Point Zero from which all distances around the Empire were measured.

Roman Inscriptions of Britain (R.I.B.)

• About 100 Roman milestones have survived in Britain,
• They are indexed in this 3 volume work incorporated all known Roman inscriptions found in Britain.