osio's quotation about the Roman routes "roads need to be discovered by means of feet and mind," (i.e. having a precise idea of which road problem one is willing to solve) is in my opinion the methodological key for a sensible approach towards any road problem. .This is the right attitude to follow when dealing with the Claudia Augusta, especially when considering its general role of link between two completely different worlds (even though they became complementary to each other at a later time) as well as the uncertain reconstruction of its itinerary which is bound to the particular relation between artificial road and natural landscape. Bosio's hypothesis of a unique road Claudia Augusta serving as a main link between the Adriatic sea and the Danube area is undoubtedly fascinating. As a matter of fact, it aims at understanding the purpose of a route considering at the same time the inscriptions present on the cippus which had a commemorative meaning rather than a function of milestone. Similar considerations can be made with regard to the stretch going from Altino through the Feltrino area: a subject matter of local discussion for ages (even for centuries).

n this context therefore, the fundamental aspect needing clear consideration, in order to understand why opinions are so controversial, does not refer to the starting stretch of the road, whose route has always been confirmed by experts such as Filiasi, Alessio De Bon or officially validated by Institutions like the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti. However, this may represent the weak link of the hypothesis which has always lead us to Feltre through false ways. Our imagination was not enchanted by an impressive emperor road built on a route which had been planned in earlier times by Claudio's father, Drusus, on the contrary by the monumentality of an embankment and by the toponym "Lagozzo" which seemed to originate from the name Augusto. This hypothesis was followed not only by a classical expert like Filiasi but also by a modern expert like Anti (and by some others too). Only one road leads from Altino to Nerbon, crossing the Piave river at the Priula bridge, inevitably splits in the Piave area and follows different ways which can be simply considered as "goat tracks" (sources too give proof of this hypothesis).