Via Brixiana


The Via Brixiana, or Via Cremonensis, was a Roman road created during the Roman-Gallic wars in the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul. It connected Cremona to Brescia, from which Roman roads passed and then branched out towards the entire Northern Italy.

Route

The Via Brixiana started in Cremona, an important inland port long the Po and ended in Brixia, traversed by Via Gallica, connecting the city to the other roman consular roads. Due to Cremona fedelissima et nobilissima colonia de Romani, the road, left Cremona, intersecting Via Postumia, ''Via Regina, and traversed the Bassa Cremonese, continuing through Plaxanum, Brazzuoli, a Plaxanum's frazione, and Rubeccum. Then, the road traversed the Ollius in Pontis Vicus by a bridge who gave the name to the town, traversing Bassa Bresciana through Bassianum, Minervium, Balneolum and Brixia''.