Via Julia Augusta (Province of Gallia Narbonensis)
The Via Julia Augusta (also Via Iulia Augusta ) was a Roman road that ran from Vada Sabatia ( Vado Ligure ) along the Ligurian coast via Albigaunum ( Albenga ), Albintimilium ( Ventimiglia ) and the Maritime Alps to the west to Arelate ( Arles ) in the province of Gallia Narbonensis led. Emperor Augustus left the road around 13 BC. Build.
The Via Julia Augusta was the extension of the Via Aurelia and the Via Aemilia Scaura along the Mediterranean coast. That is why it was later considered as such and - like the coastal part of the Via Aemilia Scaura - also called Via Aurelia (for the exact route, see there).
Emergence
The construction of the Via Julia Augusta was made possible after the peoples of the Maritime Alps had been subjugated by the Romans. Until then, the land connection between Italy and Hispania was maintained via the Col de Montgenèvre, located much further to the north, and the via Domitia that followed it . The establishment of dominion over the Maritime Alps was followed by the construction of a path through simpler terrain that was manageable without real difficulties, which also resulted in a significant reduction in travel times: Thanks to the Via Julia Augusta, one reached Arles - the Cursus publicus with 70 kilometers per day Assumed with four horse changes within eight days, an army could reach the Iberian Peninsula within 27 days.
course
The Roman imperial road directory Itinerarium Antonini names the following route for the road between Vada Sabatia (Vado Ligure) and Arelate (Arles):
- Vadis Sabatis
- Pullopice
- Albingauno
- Luco Bormani
- Costa Balenae
- Albintimilio
- Lumone
- Alpe summa
- Cemenelo
- Varum flumen
- Antipoli
- Ad Horrea
- Forum July
- Forum Voconi
- Matavonio
- Ad Turrem
- Tegulata
- Aquis Sextis
- Massilia
- Calcaria
- Fossis Marianis
- Arelate
