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Five Roman Roads, five journeys through ancient Europe

A Michel Lagneau historic route presented as a clear cockpit briefing, ready to help you prepare the simulator, follow each stopover and enjoy the journey.

AuthorMichel LagneauReading3 min
30Waypoints~ 6 628 kmDistance5Segments

Interactive route, leg by leg, with animated playback.

Real route map

Approximate track based on the article waypoints and available aeronautical coordinates.

01Via Aquitania02Via Cassia03Via XVI04Via Julia05Via Romana
Coordinates: OurAirports + historical points
Pre-flight briefing

Five Roman Roads, five journeys through ancient Europe

01

Understand the mission

Start with the historic context: it sets the atmosphere, aircraft choice and overall logic of the journey.

02

Prepare the simulator

Check scenery, recommended aircraft, fuel and weather before launching the first leg.

03

Follow the legs

Use the airport codes, flying times and route notes to build your navigation leg by leg.

04

Enjoy the journey

Let the route shape the experience: adjust lighting, document waypoints and take time to rediscover the story.

Historic flight plan

Michel Lagneau route notebook

Settle into the cockpit, prepare your aircraft and follow the journey as a proper historic crossing.

Michel Lagneau

Following ancient roads from the sky

The Roman Empire built about 85,000 kilometers of paved roads. Many modern routes still follow those alignments, with a familiar purpose: connect cities, cross terrain, provide stopping points and make travel predictable.

This plan offers five aerial itineraries inspired by Roman roads: Via Aquitania in France, Via Cassia in Italy, Via XVI in Portugal, Via Julia between Bavaria and Austria, and Via Romana through Switzerland.

ThemeRoman roads
RegionFrance, Italy, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Suggested aircraftSlow touring aircraft or observation aircraft
NavigationGPS and overfly points

How to fly it

  • Fly low and slowly: the goal is to follow a historical axis, not to race through it.
  • Ancient names give the route its narrative: Narbo Martius, Tolosa, Burdigala, Clusium, Olissipo, Genava or Aventicum.
  • Overfly points complement airports and help recreate a ground route from the air.

Suggested route

France - Via Aquitania

This chapter structures the France - Via Aquitania segment with regular legs and distances to monitor in the navigation block.

LFMU → LFMK → LFMW → LFBO → LFDB → LFCX → LFBA → LFBD

Italy - Via Cassia

This chapter structures the Italy - Via Cassia segment with regular legs and distances to monitor in the navigation block.

LIRU → LIRV → BOL → LIQS → LIRQ

Portugal - Via XVI

This chapter structures the Portugal - Via XVI segment with regular legs and distances to monitor in the navigation block.

LPBR → LPPR → LPAV → LPCO → LPSR → LPPT

Bavaria and Austria - Via Julia

This chapter structures the Bavaria and Austria - Via Julia segment with regular legs and distances to monitor in the navigation block.

EDMG → EDMA → EDMJ → EDMO → LOWS

Switzerland - Via Romana

This chapter structures the Switzerland - Via Romana segment with regular legs and distances to monitor in the navigation block.

LSGG → LSGP → LSGL → LSTO → LSZB → EDTR

Navigation steps

  1. France - Via AquitaniaBéziers / Vias LFMU → Narbonne / Colonia Narbo Martius → Carcassonne / Salvaza LFMK 17 NM then 22 NM
    Carcassonne LFMK → Castelnaudary / Sostomagus LFMW → Toulouse / Tolosa LFBO 23 NM then 31 NM
    Toulouse LFBO → Montauban LFDB → Moissac LFCX → Agen / Aginum LFBA 14 NM, 12 NM, 11 NM then 27 NM
    Agen LFBA → Bazas → Barsac → Bordeaux / Burdigala LFBD 22 NM then 46 NM
  2. Italy - Via CassiaRome / Urbe LIRU → Bracciano → Sutri → Blera → Viterbo LIRV 17 NM then 10 NM
    Viterbo LIRV → Marta → Bolsena / VOR BOL → Montegiove → Chiusi / Clusium 8 NM then 18 NM
    Chiusi → Bagni San Filippo → Asciano → Siena / Ampugnano LIQS 14 NM
    Siena LIQS → Colle di Val d’Elsa → Florence / Peretola LIRQ 24 NM
  3. Portugal - Via XVIBraga / Bracara Augusta LPBR → Porto / Portus Cale LPPR 23 NM
    Porto LPPR → Aveiro / Aviarum LPAV → Coimbra / Aeminium LPCO 35 NM then 33 NM
    Coimbra LPCO → Tomar / Sellium → Golegã → Santarém / Scallabis LPSR 33 NM then 15 NM
    Santarém LPSR → Lisbon / Olissipo LPPT 33 NM
  4. Bavaria and Austria - Via JuliaGünzburg / Guntia EDMG → Augsburg / Augusta Vindelicum EDMA 26 NM
    Augsburg EDMA → Königsbrunn → Kissing → Jesenwang EDMJ 23 NM then 9 NM
    Jesenwang EDMJ → Schöngeising / Ambrae → Gilching / Oberpfaffenhofen EDMO 4 NM then 5 NM
    Gilching EDMO → Aying → Kirchseeon → Rosenheim / Pons Aeni → Salzburg / Iuvarum LOWS 21 NM then 45 NM
  5. Switzerland - Via RomanaGeneva / Genava LSGG → Nyon / Colonia Julia Equestris LSGP 12 NM
    Nyon LSGP → Bière → Lausanne / Vicus Lousanna LSGL → Yverdon-les-Bains / Eburodunum 9 NM then 12 NM
    Yverdon → Boveresse / Môtiers LSTO → Avenches / Aventicum → Bern / Belp LSZB 9 NM, 3 NM then 17 NM
    Bern LSZB → Solothurn / Salodurum → Windisch / Vindonissa → Augst / Augusta Raurica EDTR 12 NM then 20 NM

© Michel Lagneau 2019