More or less I have finalized the mapping of the remains of the “Via Rhenana”, an ancient roman highway. The visible remains start in Berg and end south west of Jockgrim. I read about some minor remains in Rheinzabern and near the Zirkerhof (which is still missing in OSM), but I’ll leave it up to true archaeologists to enter more details of the trail :) .
I still find it surprising that its stretch is not as straightforward as usually assumed, especially as there does not seem to be any topological need for the deviations. Maybe they have used existing trails, but if so, I wonder why they followed them without any need. Building a roman highway was expensive, both in terms of money and labour.
