1429 Limes XXIIII. Proceedings of the 24 th International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies, Serbia 2018 Adam Pažout Zinman Institute of Archaeology, Haifa Israel a.pazout@seznam.cz ABSTRACT New research on ancient roads in Gaulanitis and in the territory of Antiochia Hippos was prompted by re-discov- ery of undocumented road segment at the bottom of modern water reservoir. The questions that are dealt with in the article are a) how to distinguish Roman from other ancient roads; b) what is the westward continuation of the known segment of the Roman road; and c) whether anepigraphic/illegible milestones can help us establish the date of the road. The research was undertaken in three phases: 1) GIS analysis locating optimal routes in the region using cumulative focal mobility network analysis. The results are used in concordance with historical maps as a tool for field survey evaluating westward continuation of the known Roman road. 2) Survey of the physical remains of the various stretches of the ancient roads focusing on the physical character- istics of the roads (construction methods, dimensions etc.). Three presumably pre-modern roads were surveyed. 3) Metrological study of the Judaean and Golan milestones. This may clarify the dating of anepigraphic mile- stones and thus allow dating of the road system as well. The westward continuation of the Roman road is to be sought on the north-western side of the Lawiye ridge, which stands out as principal ascent in the region. The Roman road could be clearly distinguished from other “old” roads in the area, which are tentatively dated to Medieval/Modern period. The metrological study of the milestones did not yield conclusive results due to deficiencies in milestone data. Key Words: Roman Near East, Roman roads, Archaeological GIS, Roman milestones, Golan Heights Received: March 20 th 2022 Accepted: November 15th 2022 Original research article UDC: 94:355.3(355)"-04" 94(55)"1721/1723"(093.2) https://doi.org/10.18485/arhe_apn.2022.18.1 How to trace and date the Roman roads? Case study from the territorium of Antiochia Hippos: Between the desert frontier and the sea