Via Domitia - Route

Route

This route can be traced on topographical maps overprinted with the ancient route, in G. Castellve, J.-B. Compsa, J. Kotarba and A. Pezin, eds. Voies romaines du Rhône à l'Èbre: Via Domitia et Via Augusta (DAF 61) Paris 1997.

  • Briançon (Brigantio)
  • Chorges (Caturigomagus)
  • Gap (Vapincum)
  • Le Monetier Allemont (Alabons)
  • Embrun (Eburodunum)
  • Sisteron (Segustero)
  • Lurs (Alaunium)
  • Céreste (Catuiacia)
  • Apt (Apta Julia)
  • Notre Dame des Lumières (Ad Fines)
  • Cavaillon (Cabellio)
  • Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (Glanum)
  • Saint-Gabriel (Ernaginum)
  • Beaucaire (Ugernum)
  • Nîmes (Nemausus)
  • Ambrussum
  • Lunel-Vieil
  • Castelnau-le-Lez (Sextantio)
  • Montpellier route remains unknown
  • Montbazin (Forum Domitii)
  • Mèze
  • Pinet
  • Saint-Thibéry (Cessero) and its Roman bridge
  • Béziers (Baeterris)
  • Narbonne (Narbo Martius) At Narbonne, a section of the Via Domitia is exposed in the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville. The Via Domitia crossed the Atax (the Aude) by a seven-arched bridge at the site of the Pont des Marchands.
  • Fitou (Ad Viscensimum)
  • Salses (Ad Salsulae)
  • Perpignan
  • Ruscino

At Ruscino, the road separates in two: the Inland Route and the Coastal Route, which rejoin at La Junquera.

Coastal Route

  • Elne (Illiberis)
  • Saint-Cyprien
  • Argelès
  • Collioure
  • Port-Vendres (Portus Veneris)
  • Banyuls

Inland Route

  • Montescot
  • Le Boulou
  • Les Cluses (Clausurae)
  • Le Perthus (Col de Panissars), at the Trophy of Pompey

Rejoins at:

  • La Junquera (Deciana)

Here the Via Augusta begins.

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