• milliarium aureum. A golden column erected by Augustus in 29 B.C. at the point where the principal roads of the Roman empire terminated.
  • 3-m diameter marble fragments labeled "Milliarium Aureum" with an anthemion frieze decoration have long been considered part of the base of the monument.
  • According to Schaaf, the phrase "all roads lead to Rome" is a reference to the Milliarium Aureum, as the specific point to which all roads were said to lead.
  • So basically, milliarium aureum was a golden marker in Rome that showed people where the center of the Roman Empire was.
  • According to Schaaf, the phrase "all roads lead to Rome" is a reference to the Milliarium Aureum - the specific point to which all roads were said to lead.
  • Augusto, siendo Curator Viarum, erigió el monumento en el año 20 a.C., y el nombre de Milliarium Aureum (Miliario Dorado) le llegó tras su inauguración.
  • Milliarium aureum — Milliaire d or Milliarium aureum, sur le Forum Romanum : de là rayonnaient toutes les voies romaines.
  • El milliarium Aureum por tanto era el miliario más grande y estaba en el centro del Foro, junto al Templo de Saturno y los rostra.