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Origin and history

The sections of Roman roads from Langres to Reims and from Troyes to Naix form a network of ancient roads linking Nasium (Naix) to Andemantunnum (Langres) during the Roman era. These roads were located on a wider axis, linking Milan to Boulogne, and testify to the strategic importance of road infrastructure for the Roman Empire in Gaul.

Several sections of these roads, still visible today, are protected as historical monuments in communes such as Bétignicourt, Brienne-la-Veille or Saint-Christophe-Dodinicourt. Their classification by decree of 5 August 1982 underlines their heritage and archaeological value, while illustrating the persistence of these millennia in the current landscape.

These Roman routes are part of a wider context of the development of the roads in Gaul, documented by sources such as the Table de Puisinger or the Route d'Antonin. Their route, studied by historians such as Abbé Idoux or A. Fournier, reveals the territorial organization and the commercial and military exchanges of the region during antiquity.

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