The Miliar term is applied to the posts, cairns or columns that were marking the distances in the ancient Roman roads.

The Milestone of Mazarrón indicates the proximity of the Via Augusta road and has registered the following:

"IMP.CAESAR DIVI F.AVGVSTVS COS XI TRIBUNIC.POTEST.XVI IMP.XIIII, PONTIFEX MAXIMVS.A LVCENTO EIOCROCAM.XXVIII MP REST".

Translation: "Emperor Caesar Augustus, son of divinity, Consul XI times, tribunicia power XVI, Emperor XIIII, Pontifex Maximus, restored twenty eight thousand steps of the way from Lucentum to Eliocroca ".