Via Tiburtina Via Tiburtina Via Tiburtina is an ancient road in Italy leading east-northeast from Rome to Tivoli (Latin, Tibur) and then on to Pescara (Latin, Aternum). It was built by the Roman consul Marcus Valerius Maximus around 286 BC and later lengthened to the territories of the Marsi and the Aequi, in the Abruzzo, as Via Valeria. Its total length was approximately 200 km from Rome to Aternum (the modern Pescara). It exited Rome through the Aurelian Wall at the Porta Tiburtina, and through the Servian Wall at the Porta Esquilina. Historians assert that the Via Tiburtina must have come into
Tribulus terrestris are thereby dispersed. This causes damage to domesticated livestock and degrades wool. The Greek word, τρίβολος meaning 'water-chestnut', translated into Latin as "tribulos". The Latin name "tribulus" originally meant the caltrop (a spiky weapon), but in Classical times already the word meant this plant as well. The plant is widely naturalized in the Americas and also in Australia south of its native range. In some states in the United States, it is considered a noxious weed and an invasive species. It is a declared plant in South Australia. It has been reported that the seeds or nutlets have been used