Praetoria viarum: ipraetorialungo le vie dell'impero romano

The research start by a project centred onPraetoriumof Muru de Bangius – Sardinia, to facing the problem of identification of such tipologies ofcursus publicusinfrastructures.By the first four categories ofpraetoriascholars had studies - and obviously are studying today - emperor’s residence, legion commander’s residence in the fort, temporary residence of province governor or villa infundi rustici, the research looked for the type which corresponded at the third category, founding traces of the existence of several buildings with such characteristic.In fact, we can find this kind of buildings included in towns, in the suburb or far from them in the same measure because thecursus publicusran in open fields and through the urban centres.Actually only the epigraph data associated with architectural remains can confirm the identification of with apraetorium. This is the case of Muru de Bangiuspraetoriumin Sardinia and of Colonia Iulia Diensispraetoriumin Macedonia.