roman roads

Ambrussum (Oppidum d'Ambrussum) was a Roman staging post and settlement along the Via Domitia. No new town was built in this location, so you can see it as it was. Part of Pont Ambroix, a Roman bridge, remains. You can see where the lower town or staging post was. Then you walk along Roman...

A paved square that would have been the town center.

Close up of the wheel tracks.

More roads with wheel tracks.

More roads with wheel tracks.

Remains of the ramparts that surrounded the town.

Remains of the upper town.

In Roman times houses lined this road. Look on the right to see stone marking a doorway.

Remains of a Roman road that went from the Via Domitia to the upper town. You can see wheel tracks.

Remains of a Roman road that went from the Via Domitia to the upper town. You can see wheel tracks.

This bridge was on the Via Domitia, a Roman road that went from Italy to Spain.

Remains of the Ambroix bridge over the River Vidourle.

Remains of the staging post (lower town).

Explore Ambrussum on a 1 - 1 1/2 hour walk in the countryside.

Entrance and museum.

The remains of a Roman staging post and settlement built around 30BC.

Following Ancient Roman Roads - The Via Flaminia ran from Rome north to the Adriatic coast. Several parts remain visible. "All roads lead to Rome" was true 2,000 years ago because Rome was the center of the western world and the Romans were road builders. It is true today, at least in Italy...

A Renaissance bass relief carved on the front of the church shows what the gate looked like originally.

Via Flaminia reached the Adriatic at Fano. The Roman gate to the city, the Arch of Augustus (Archo d'Augusto), remains.