Same as today, the milestones are stones laid on the roadsides to indicate the distances between cities in the ancient times. The measurement unit is "stadia" (185 m). First Roman milestones appeared during the Republic Period and the measurement unit "milla passuum" (thousand steps) were used on these stones. During the Roman Empire, besides the distance information, the name of the emperor who had the road built or undertook the maintenance of it was also carved on milestones. In order to increase the visibility of the information on the milestones the letters were painted in red.
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