Cardo

A cardo (pl.: cardines) was a north–south street in ancient Roman cities and military camps as an integral component of city planning. The cardo maximus, or most often the cardo,^[1] was the main or central north–south-oriented street.

^ The City Walls of Pompeii: Perceptions and Expressions of a Monumental Boundary by Ivo van der Graaff, M.A. dissertation. Graduate School of The University of Texas, p. 90.

[1] The City Walls of Pompeii: Perceptions and Expressions of a Monumental Boundary by Ivo van der Graaff, M.A. dissertation. Graduate School of The University of Texas, p. 90.

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