regina viarum

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Regina viarum is the honorific Latin title meaning "queen of roads," traditionally applied to the ancient Roman Via Appia, famed as one of the earliest and most important Roman roads.

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Label Occurrences
Regina Viarum 2
regina viarum canonical 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin honorific title ⓘ
epithet ⓘ
appliedTo Via Appia ⓘ
associatedWith ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
component Regina ⓘ
viarum ⓘ
componentMeaning Regina = queen ⓘ
viarum = of roads (genitive plural of via) ⓘ
connotation centrality in transport network ⓘ
importance ⓘ
prestige ⓘ
culturalContext Roman historiography ⓘ
Roman literature ⓘ
denotes preeminence among roads ⓘ
describes status of Via Appia as major Roman road ⓘ
grammaticalNumber singular ⓘ
hasGender feminine (Regina) ⓘ
honors Via Appia’s role in Roman expansion ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literalMeaning queen of roads ⓘ
modernUsage used in scholarship about Via Appia ⓘ
partOf Roman rhetorical tradition ⓘ
refersTo Appian Way ⓘ
Roman road system ⓘ
relatedConcept Appian Way as first major Roman road ⓘ
Roman roads ⓘ
Via Appia ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse classical antiquity ⓘ
usedAs honorific designation ⓘ
usedFor praising Via Appia ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Via Appia → nicknamed → regina viarum ⓘ
Appian Way → knownAs → Regina Viarum ⓘ
linked to: regina viarum
Queen of Roads → hasNickname → Regina Viarum ⓘ
linked to: regina viarum