Via Aquitania

The Via Aquitania was a Roman road that led from Narbonne in southern Gaul ( Colonia Narbo Martius ) about Carcassonne ( Carcaso ) and Toulouse ( Tolosa ) to Bordeaux ( Burdigala ). File: In the year 121 BC defeated Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus together with the Allobrogians and Arverni tribes in southern Gaul. With this victory were almost all the tribes who pose a threat to Roman interests, driven out of this area of Gaul. Although some of the coastal areas were still controlled by isolated tribes whose influence was limited locally, but this posed no obstacle to Gnaeus Domitius the Roman trade dar. Ahenobarbus held later the office of proconsul in Gaul. In the year 118 BC he founded the city Narbo Martius, today Narbonne, and built the Via Domitia, that creates a connection to Spain. The Via Aquitania was an offshoot of this route and arrived in Narbonne with the Via Domitia together. It is unclear who ordered the construction of the Via Aquitania in order, but it is likely that Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus this was done by, which left the road built to enforce easier tribute from the conquered Gallic tribes.

Even today, follows the French national road RN 113 the then maintained path.

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  • Road in France
  • Abgegangenes monument in France
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