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Chris sent me the link to this interesting article:
The Provence Post - Look what they pulled up from the Rhone by Sharon deRham
"Just like many of us here in Provence, Sharon deRham was fascinated by the story surrounding the Roman barge (or "chaland") that was pulled from the depths of the Rhône River at Arles nine years ago."
The Archaeology Museum in Arles, mentioned in the article, is excellent. We visited it last year.
She does not mention this in the article, but this sort of relates to Via Domitia, the Roman road (the first one built in Gaul) that went from Italy to Spain. The book I read ("Roman Provence", Edwin Mullins) said they do not know how the Via Domitia crossed the Rhone. It continues on the west side of the river near Beaucaire (there are still mileage markers there), so they think there was a bridge at one time. But that may have been washed out and they may have crossed on a pontoon bridge downriver near Arles. If so, this is in the same area where this barge was found.
The Provence Post - Look what they pulled up from the Rhone by Sharon deRham
"Just like many of us here in Provence, Sharon deRham was fascinated by the story surrounding the Roman barge (or "chaland") that was pulled from the depths of the Rhône River at Arles nine years ago."
The Archaeology Museum in Arles, mentioned in the article, is excellent. We visited it last year.
She does not mention this in the article, but this sort of relates to Via Domitia, the Roman road (the first one built in Gaul) that went from Italy to Spain. The book I read ("Roman Provence", Edwin Mullins) said they do not know how the Via Domitia crossed the Rhone. It continues on the west side of the river near Beaucaire (there are still mileage markers there), so they think there was a bridge at one time. But that may have been washed out and they may have crossed on a pontoon bridge downriver near Arles. If so, this is in the same area where this barge was found.