Via Aquitania

Overview of the road network in the Roman Empire (see also list of Roman roads ) in AD 125 under Emperor Hadrian

Via Aquitania (red) with the most important Roman roads in Gaul.

The Via Aquitania was a Roman road that led in southern Gaul from Narbonne (Colonia Narbo Martius) via Carcassonne (Carcaso) and Toulouse (Tolosa) to Bordeaux (Burdigala).

In 121 BC Chr. Defeated Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus together with Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus the Allobrogians and Arvernians strains in southern Gaul. This victory drove almost all of the tribes that represented a threat to Roman interests from this area of ​​Gaul. Although some of the coastal areas were still controlled by isolated tribes, whose influence was only locally limited, this was not an obstacle to Roman trade. Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus later held the office of proconsul in Gaul. In 118 BC He founded the city of Narbo Martius, today's Narbonne, and built the Via Domitia , which made a connection to Spain . The Via Aquitania was an offshoot of this route and met in Narbonne with the Via Domitia. It is unclear who commissioned the construction of the Via Aquitania, but it is likely that this was done by Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, who had the road built to facilitate tribute from the conquered Gallic tribes.

The French national road RN 113 still follows the path that was expanded at the time.

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Coleman H. Benedict (1942). "The Romans in Southern Gaul." American Journal of Philology 63