Ponte di Tiberio

The Bridge of Tiberius, historically also the Bridge of Augustus or the Bridge of Saint Julian, is a Roman bridge in Rimini, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy.

Constructed between 14 and 21 AD under the reigns of Roman emperors Augustus and Tiberius, the bridge traverses the Marecchia port canal at the southern end of two Roman roads, the Via Aemilia and the Via Popilia. The bridge was built to showcase the impressiveness of Roman monumental infrastructure, emphasised by its religious-theological decorative artwork, and it is the oldest surviving Roman bridge to be decorated with Greek orders.

In 552, the Ponte di Tiberio was intentionally damaged by the Gothic commander Usdrila to prevent the passage of Narses' Byzantine army; it was damaged again during Pandolfo IV's retreat from Rimini in 1528, and…