Itinerary

Itinerary (Lat. itinerarium, derived from iter, 'a journey'), the name given by the Romans to a written or pictorial account of the principal roads and routes in the empire, with the stations and distances between them. Of the former class the most important are the Itineraria Antonini and the Itinerarium Hierosolymitanum. The It. Antonini are two in number, one containing the routes through the Roman provinces in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and the other the principal sea-routes. They take their name from the Emperor Antoninus Caracalla, under whom they were published, as corrected up to his time, but they seem to have been originally prepared at an earlier date.—The It. Hierosolymitanum was drawn up in the 4th century A.D. for the use of pilgrims from Burdigala (Bordeaux) to Jerusalem. Another example of the same class is the It. Alexandri, showing the route of march of Alexander the Great through Asia. There is a collected edition of ancient Itineraria by D'Urban (Paris, 1845). For the Tabula Peutingeriana, see PEUTINGER.