The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-15

the Prince of Troy. who was ancestor
to the Counts Of Hainault. and of
Bavai, the center from which startsl
the seven roads, which ran through
the seven gates and so to the seven
ends of the world He deals with
facts, beginning with the Voye Dom
itienne, made by Domitius Ahoeno-
ing Of Rome, and of the Great Road
built by Augustus Caesar over the
Apennines. The victory obtained
against a great number Of diverse na-
tions by the help of the Grands
Chemins, says Bergier, was the last
achievement Of the Emperor Augustus
at which he was himself present, and
by which he bestowed on the world
universal peace, closing soon after the
Temple of Janusl In gratitude for
so great benefit, the senate and the
people Of Rome, caused a triumphal
arch to be erected at the highest point
in the Alps, between the great and
the small mount now known as St.
Bernard.
The continuation of the roads from
Lyons was an immense undertaking,
proof Of which may be seen in the
fourth book Of Strabo, and it was
found necessary to place the work in
the hands Of the most important Prince
Of the Empire after Augustus, Agrip-
pa, his son-in-law. Agrippa so loved
the work Of building the Grands
Chemins that not a year passed, but
he began a fresh one. His four pril-
cipal highways started from Lyons;
the first crossed the Auvergne Noun
tains into Aquitaine, the second ran
alongside Of the Rhine to the North
ern ocean, and the third crossed Bur-
gundy Champagne and Picardy to the
Western ocean, while the fourth
linked Lyons with the great Mediter-
ranean port Of Marseilles. The third
Of these was the longest and the most
important. The Itinerary of Anton
mus" describes II running from town
to town, from Lyons to the port named
by the Latins Gefforiacus portus. II
passed through Troye in Champagne,
crossed Burgundy, passed through
Chalons, Rheims, Scissors, Noyon ami
Amiens, and from thence reached
Boulogne, "the shores of the Morini,"
the people of Gerouenne and Flanders,
termed by Virgil the "Extremique
hominum Morini" the last Of men.
OF the bridges which doubtless
Agrippa built in completion of mis-
roads, but few traces are left in
France. They have been ruined, by
time which consumes ALL Yet, adds
Bergier there is still what is vul.
carly known as the Pont du Gard. It
is between Avignon and Nismes, on a
little river, the Guardon, which runs
into the Rhone. II is three short
miles. l am told, from the town OF
Nismes. This work is so we'll execut.
ed that II is doubtful if not only Gaui,
but Italy itself. has anything TO re-
semble so magnificent n structure
There are two particular facts about
this aqueduct to which Bergier draws
attention. The first is that the stones
Of which II is made, though heavy and
great, hold together, though they ara
not in any way cemented. The other.
that this great and magnificent enter
prise has no inscription neither does
history contain any testimony as 10
the identity Of its builder, except that
It is, Of course, apparent enough that
IT proceeds from the power OF Rome.
But besides this water conduit Bar.
thelemy Chassane mentions several
Roman bridges on the Rhone and the
Saone; such as the bridges of Geneva.
Lyons, Vienne and Avignon The Pont
de Vienne had an ancient inscription
which showed that c. Calpurnius Piso.
and NJ. Vettius Bolanus. Roman cor
suls under Trajan. were the builders
in the year 500 after Rome was built.
But surely It is TO the people OF Vienne
TO describe their bridge. IL peradven.
ture any trace Of 1t is left.