River
Silarum Fluvius
Castel S. Pietro [5]
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Silarum Fluvius was a road station on the Via Aemilia, named after the river it crossed, the stream known today as the Sillaro. The map gives the station just a name with no picture, while the river itself is drawn in red, flowing straight into the Po, as it did in Roman times; only since 1770 has it fed the Reno instead. The station stood at Castel San Pietro near Imola, in Italy, where remains of the Roman bridge survive, along with an inscription from the reign of Trajan that probably records its rebuilding.