Statio

• The Statio was a Way Station or Post placed at set intervals along all the major Roman Roads of the Roman Empire.

The Stationarius

• It was manned by the Milites Stationarii, who were Roman Legionaries, temporarily seconded from a legion, to police the roads of Italia and of those Roman Provinces  which had no legions.
• A Stationarius would be temporarily assigned to a specific station on a specific road, eg, ‘Stationarius Via Appia’.
• The first inscription mentioning a Stationarius dates from the reign of Trajan (98-117 CE).