🛣️ Voie romaine à Thizy-les-Bourgs
Roman road network through the Rhône valley
📋 Fast Facts
- Location: Thizy-les-Bourgs, Rhône department, France
- Period: 1st century BC to 5th century AD (Roman Gaul)
- Route: Connected Roanne to Lyon via Bourg-de-Thizy
- Status: Archaeological remains integrated into modern landscape
The Voie romaine at Thizy-les-Bourgs represents a segment of the extensive road network that Romans constructed throughout Gaul between the 1st century BC and the 5th century AD. This particular route functioned as a strategic link between Roanna (modern Roanne) and Lugdunum (modern Lyon), two significant Roman urban centers. The road facilitated military movement, commercial trade, and administrative communication across the Rhône valley region ...