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Every road in America, searched by the theme:

Ancient Roman Emperors

We searched every named street in America for Ancient Roman Emperors. 47 names turned up. A rare one we found is Commodus Drive in Salt Lake County, UT.

3222 roads in 50 states are named after Ancient Roman Emperors

New York is the densest

States have a different total number of roads, so we compare by a percent of roads.

1 out of every 1,638 roads in New York resonates with this theme.

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Each dot is one county, sized by how many of its roads resonate with the theme. A small dot is a handful; a big one is hundreds.

Sizes are relative to this search: the biggest dot is this theme's busiest county, so a big dot here and a big dot in another theme are not the same number.

One of just 3 streets called Octavian Way

Augustus

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Antoninus Drive in America

Marcus Aurelius

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 2 streets called Gaius Drive

Caligula

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Commodus Drive in America

Commodus

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Diocletian Way in America

Diocletian

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 3 streets called Severus Drive

Septimius Severus

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 2 streets called Caracalla Way

Caracalla

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Domitian Street in America

Domitian

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Aurelian Lane in America

Aurelian

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Galba Drive in America

Galba

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Macrinus Drive in America

Macrinus

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 2 streets called Geta Way

Geta (emperor)

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

3 streets exist only in St. Louis County, MO

Florianus Court

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Every name in the theme was counted against every other named road in the country. These appear exactly once: tap a thumbnail to walk them.

The county shown here holds the most of singular roads. Somebody named these roads, and nobody anywhere copied.

Most popular: Augustus Way

117 roads 78 counties ~6.6M views last year

Augustus

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Antoninus Drive

1 road 1 county ~5.6M views last year

Marcus Aurelius

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Nero Way

43 roads 29 counties ~4.6M views last year

Nero

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Caligula Avenue

7 roads 5 counties ~3.8M views last year

Caligula

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Constantine

155 roads 64 counties ~3.6M views last year

Constantine the Great

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Commodus Drive

1 road 1 county ~3.3M views last year

Commodus

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Daza Drive

2 roads 2 counties ~147.6k views last year

Maximinus Daza

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Nerva Road

1 road 1 county ~177.4k views last year

Nerva

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Florian Way

85 roads 41 counties ~179.2k views last year

Florianus

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: South Carus Road

6 roads 1 county ~225.5k views last year

Carus

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Licinius Lane

1 road 1 county ~231.6k views last year

Licinius

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Maurice

264 roads 148 counties ~233.7k views last year

Maurice (emperor)

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

all but the most common: all the streets, minus the most common roads in the country. This lets us see the 'long tail' of interesting roads in the country.