VR Roman City Street Names

[Nephele]

Does anyone here have any ideas for consecutive street names (from A to Zeta) for a virtual reality Roman city laid out in a grid pattern such as this one?

 

I'm thinking that perhaps east-west streets might be named Primus, Secundus, Tertius, Quartus, etc. But I'm looking for an alphabetical theme for north-south streets, in Latin. Perhaps trees/flowers? Deities? Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

 

-- Nephele

Edited March 27, 2007 by Nephele Carnalis

[Publius Nonius Severus]

Your primary North-South street should be called the Cardus Maximus. Your primary East-West street should be called the Decumanus Maximus. This was pretty standard for any Roman camp, colony, city, etc. I am not sure if any of the other names were standardized. I personally like the names of the gods. If you want something more historical there is a list of known (or suspected) street a names from the urbs aeterna herself that can be found in the below link. It is in alphabetical order to you can choose one and move down the list:

 

A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome by Samuel Ball Platner hosted at Lacus Curtius

[Nephele]

Publius Nonius Severus, thanks for a brilliant suggestion! I hadn't considered using actual ancient street names, but it does lend more of an air of authenticity. Again, many thanks for that link!

 

-- Nephele

[Klingan]

Virtual reality Roman city? Sounds very interesting, do you think you could tell us a little more about it?

[Nephele]

Virtual reality Roman city? Sounds very interesting, do you think you could tell us a little more about it?

 

 

It's just a little idea I've been knocking around for some time. I'm not a computer whiz, so it's not something I can set up on a website anywhere -- it's just something I'm playing around with for myself, for the time being. It's a concept based on the Dark Alleyway game that's been highly popular on the 'net for the past five years.

 

-- Nephele