page_title: Via Agrippa
section_title: Roman milestones
hierarchical_section_title: Via Agrippa / Roman milestones
caption_attribution_description: Español: Miliario romano del emperador Aureliano reutilizado en la fábrica de la catedral de Valence (Francia), correspondiente con la inscripción CIL XVII2 160 = CIL XII 5549: Imp(erator) Caesar L(ucius) Domit[ius]/ Aurelianu[s] P(ius) F(elix) Inv[i]ct[us]/ [Au]g(ustus) p(ontifex) m(aximus) Ger[manic(us) max(imus)]/ [Go]thic(us) ma[x(imus) Carpic(us) max(imus)]/ [Par]thic(us) ma[x(imus) trib(unicia) pot(estate) VI co(n)s(ul)]/ [III] p(ater) p(atriae) proco(n)[s(ul) pacator et res/[titut]or orb[is refecit et]/ [r]estituit [---]/ milia [passuum] III Français&#160;: Valence (Drôme, France), cathédrale saint Apollinaire, borne milliaire gallo-romaine remployée comme tambour de colonne dans le chœur.
context_page_description: Via Agrippa, is any stretch of the network of Roman roads in Gaul that was built by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, to whom Octavian entrusted the reorganization of the Gauls. In all, the Romans built 21,000 kilometres of roads in Gaul.
context_section_description: Inscribed standing milestones placed along the route indicated the miles from the starting point (capita viae) with Vienne, Valence or Avignon, as well as the magistrate or emperor who had them erected or maintained.
  In addition to twenty-two surviving milestones recovered along the route is one of the 3rd or 4th century reused in the ambulatory of the choir of the Cathedral of Valence, where its inscription may still be read: 
  IMP(ERATOR) CAESAR L(UCIUS) DOMIT[IUS]
  AURELIANU[S] P(IUS) [F(ELIX)] INV[I]CT[US]
  [AU]G(USTUS) P(ONTIFEX) MA(XIMUS) GER[MANIC(US) MAX(IMUS)]
  [GO]THIC(US) MA[X(IMUS) CARPIC(US) MAX(IMUS)] ?
  [PAR]THIC(US) MA[X(IMUS) TRIB(UNICIA) POT(ESTATE) VI CO(N)S(UL)] ?
  [III] P(ATER) P(ATRIA) PROCO(N)[S(UL) PACATOR ET RES]
  [TITUT]OR ORB(IS) [REFECIT ET]
  [R]ESTITUIT […]
  MILIA [PASSUUM]
  I[I] II ?
  Translation
  "The Emperor Caesar Lucius Domitian Aurelianus, pious, fortunate, invincible, august, high priest, greatest conqueror of the Germans, Goths, Carpi, Parthians, reinvested with the power of a Tribune for the [?th] time, consul [?] times, father of his country, proconsul, restorer of universal peace, restored it: 3 [or 4] miles"
caption: Milestone of the via Agrippa reused in the Cathedral of Valence, Drôme)
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