Roman roads in France at a glance
France has about 42,416 km of Roman road in the Itiner-e atlas, mapped as 2,205 segments. That is more than any other country in the dataset. Only 0.3% of it is classed as certain; almost all of it is conjectured. 5 roads here have a well-known name, and the longest is Via Domitia. 601 Roman places (towns, forts, ports and stops) lie along the roads.
- 42,416 kmof Roman road
- 2,205segments
- 5named roads
- 601Roman places
| How certain | Length (km) | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certain | 109 | 0% |
| Conjectured | 42,306 | 100% |
| Hypothetical | 1.5 | 0% |
Certain: well documented, mapped to within about 50 to 200 m. Conjectured: known road, course less precisely documented. Hypothetical: route not pinned down, or existence uncertain.
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Named Roman roads in France
The longest is the Via Domitia, with 587 km of it in France.
| Road | Length in France (km) |
|---|---|
| Via Domitia | 587 |
| Via Aquitania | 395 |
| Via Julia Augusta | 283 |
| Via Agrippae | 239 |
| Via Belgica | 8.1 |
Roman places in France
601 Roman places lie on or beside the roads here. These 60 are the most important. Names come from the Pleiades gazetteer.
- Col. Lugdunum
- Autricum
- Caesaromagus
- Cenabum
- Durocortorum
- Bellicum
- Cabilonnum
- Condate Redonum
- Iuliomagus
- Samarobriva Ambianorum
- Morains
- Ugernum
- Vorgium
- Alauna
- Nemausus
- Augustodunum
- Limonum
- Noviomagus Lexoviorum
- Viriodunum
- Beneuvre
- Charleville-Mézières
- Durocatalaunum
- Ingena
- Mediolanum
- Theline
- Augustobona
- Bagacum
- Caesarodunum
- Noviodunum?
- Ouindinon
- Pocrinium?
- Alesia
- Andematunnum
- Augusta
- Augustonemetum
- Augustoritum
- Col. Aquae Sextiae
- Decetia
- Divodurum
- Divona
- Ernaginum
- Iatinon
- Lutetia
- Mediolanum
- Tarvenna
- Tolosa
- Argentomagus
- Augusta Suessionum
- Avaricum
- Carantomagus
- Castrum Divionense
- Civitas Namnetum
- Darioritum
- Lemincum
- Maclaunay
- Mediolanum Aulercorum
- Nasium
- Quimper
- Rauranum
- Rodumna
Towns near Roman roads in France
These are the larger towns in France that lie within 5 km of a Roman road line on the map (not counting the hypothetical lines). Being close to a Roman road does not make a town Roman, but it shows where the old routes still pass by today.
- Paris
- Marseille
- Lyon
- Toulouse
- Nice
Source
Road lines: Itiner-e (CC BY 4.0). Places: Pleiades (CC BY 3.0). Lengths are measured along the road lines inside the France boundary. See all data sources and licences.
Keep exploring
Countries it shares roads with
- Italy (shared: Via Domitia and Via Julia Augusta)
- Monaco (shared: Via Julia Augusta)
- Belgium (shared: Via Belgica)
- Germany (shared: Via Belgica)
- Netherlands (shared: Via Belgica)