Book 15
10.6
But from the peak of this Italian slope a plateau extends for seven miles, as far as the post named from MarsModern Oulx, in the Ant. Itin. called mansio Martis; in the Itin. Burdigalense, ad Martis. Amm. uses statio both of a military post, and of a station on the cursus publicus, but see Hyde, R. Alp. Routes, p. 59. ; from there on another loftier height, equally difficult to surmount, reaches to the peak of the Matrona,Mont Genèvre. so called from an accident to a noble lady. After that a route, steep to be sure, but easier to traverse extends to the fortress of Briançon.
10.7
The tomb of the prince, who, as we said, built these roads, is at Susa next to the walls, and his shades are devoutly venerated for a double reason: because he had ruled his subjects with a just government, and when admitted to alliance with the Roman state, procured eternal peace for his nation.
10.8
And although this road which I have described is the middle one, the short cut, and the more frequented, yet there are also others, constructed long before at various times.
