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 | | Municipalities, however, were responsible for their own roads, which the Romans called viae vicinales.A via connected two cities. |
 | | The Roman emphasis on constructing straight roads often resulted in steep grades relatively impractical for most economic traffic: over the years the Romans themselves realized it and built longer, but more manageable, alternatives to existing roads.Viae were generally centrally placed in the countryside. |
 | | * [[Via Aquitania]], from [[Narbonne]], where it connected to the Via Domitia, to the [[Atlantic Ocean]] across [[Toulouse]] and [[Bordeaux]], * [[Via Domitia]] ([[118 BC]]), from [[Nimes]] to the [[Pyrenees]], where it joins to the [[Via Augusta]] at the [[Col de Panissars]]. |
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