Vías de comunicación en la legislación visigoda

Abstract

The work hereby analyzes the evolution of Visigoth legislation relating to the set of rules about both the usage and preservation of the roads. With the objective of knowing the stipulation of both the obligations and rights on the public use of the roads, relating to the traffic of people, goods and cattle, the Roman legal sources as inspirers of the Late Antique codes will be studied. So, the work is completed with the scope offered by other historical and archaeological which enrich the panoramical sighting of the ensemble, as justifying the continuity of the articulating road network of the Roman Empire as Visigoth hubs.