🏛️ Deux bornes milliaires gallo-romaines à Cruas
Ancient Roman mile markers along a classical trade route
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Cruas, Ardèche, southeastern France
- Route: Via Agrippa, Lyon to Arles connection
- Period: Imperial Roman era, erected during antiquity
- Condition: Inscriptions heavily eroded but archaeologically significant
These two Roman milestones are stone markers in Cruas, Ardèche, southeastern France that served as distance indicators along the Via Agrippa. The Via Agrippa, commissioned under Emperor Augustus by Marcus Agrippa, connected Lyon to Arles and ranked among the most significant Roman roads through Gaul. As of 2026, both markers remain in situ or are preserved locally, accessible to researchers studying Roman infrastructure in the region. Though weathered by over two millennia of exposure, the ...