The Via Domitia was the first Roman road built in Gaul, which is in modern day France. It was constructed in 118 BC by the proconsul, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, and was built around the time of the first Roman colony in Gaul, Colonia Narbo Martius, which is now known as Narbonne. A Roman road in Pompeii The Roman roads were essential for the growth of their empire, by enabling them to move armies. ... Map of Gaul circa 58 BC Gaul (Latin Gallia, Greek Galatia) is the region of Western Europe occupied by present-day France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ... Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC - 110s BC - 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC Years: 123 BC 122 BC 121 BC 120 BC 119 BC - 118 BC - 117 BC 116 BC... For the Miocene ape, see Proconsul (genus) Under the Roman Empire a proconsul was a promagistrate filling the office of a consul. ... Ahenobarbus (brazen-bearded or red-haired) is the name of a plebeian Roman family of the gens Domitia. ... Colonies in antiquity were city-states founded from a mother-city, not from a territory-at-large. ... Cathedral in Narbonne. ...

The via Domitia connected Italy to Spain. At Narbonne, it met the Via Aquitania, which led toward the Atlantic Ocean. The road went through Toulouse and Bordeaux. The Via Aquitania was a Roman road. ... The Capitole, the 18th century city hall of Toulouse and best known landmark in the city; in the foreground is the Place du Capitole, a hub of urban life at the very center of the city Toulouse (pronounced in standard French ▶ (help· info), in local Toulouse accent ▶ (help· info)) (Occitan... City motto: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem. ...

Towns along the Via Domitia include:

Remains of the Via Domitia in Narbonne

• Briançon (Brigantio)
• Gap (Vapincum)
• Embrun (Eburodunum)
• Sisteron (Segustero)
• Apt (Apta Julia)
• Cavaillon (Cabellio)
• Beaucaire (Ugernum)
• Nîmes (Nemausus)
• Ambrussum
• Béziers (Baeterris)
• Narbonne (Narbo Martius)

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (4048x3040, 2393 KB) Beschreibung de: Narbonne / Frankreich, die Via Domitia vor dem Rathaus en: Narbonne / France, the Via Domitia at the Guild Hall Selber fotografiert am 24. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (4048x3040, 2393 KB) Beschreibung de: Narbonne / Frankreich, die Via Domitia vor dem Rathaus en: Narbonne / France, the Via Domitia at the Guild Hall Selber fotografiert am 24. ... Briançon is a town and commune in the French départment of Hautes-Alpes (Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur), of which it is the sous-préfecture. ... View overlooking the town of Gap. ... Embrun is a town and commune in the Hautes-Alpes département in southeastern France. ... Sisteron is a commune in France, in the département of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. ... Apt is a market town and a commune in the Vaucluse département, in southern France. ... Cavaillon is a commune of the Vaucluse département, in southern France. ... View down into Beaucaire and the marina from the bridge leading to Tarascon. ... Location within France Nîmes is a city and commune of southern France, préfecture (capital) of the Gard département. ... Nemausus is often said to have been the Celtic patron god of Nemausus (Nîmes). ... Ambrussum (modern name Pont-Ambruis) is a magnificent Gallo-Roman archaeological site notable for its celebrated bridge, painted by Gustave Courbet, and for its oppidum (fortified village at a height). ... Béziers (Besièrs in Occitan, and Besiers in Catalan) is a town in Languedoc, in the southwest of France. ... Cathedral in Narbonne. ...

External links

• http://www.viadomitia.org
• About Via Domitia (in French)
• Traces of the Via Domitia
• the Via Domitia and the history of the Languedoc