The Roman roads
The Romans' first step, after their victory over the Gauls that had attempted several times to penetrate into Italy, was the creation of the Gallia Cisalpina province and the foundation of the colony of Aquileia in 181 B.C.
The foundation of a colony in a conquered territory meant the arrival in the new city and its territory of Roman settlers, usually ex soldiers, who were given lots of land to cultivate.
The colonization process covered the whole of Veneto, city after city, and meant also the building of long important roads. Both actions, by inserting the Roman culture into the territory, aimed at consolidating the conquest of the area and allowed for the diffusion of the Roman civilization into the Paleo-veneto world. The roads had not just military and commercial uses but were also roads for the transmission of culture.
During the years 150-70 B.C. important roads were built, such as the Postumia (Genoa - Aquileia), the Aurelia (Padua - Asolo) and the Annia (Adria - Aquileia). Treviso was however left out and did not have the same thriving development as the nearby cities, situated near to these roads such as Opitergium and Aquileia.
Treviso's main communication way was the Sile river, connecting the city to Altino and the Adriatic sea.
