Fréjus (French: [fʁeʒys] ⓘ; Occitan: Frejús [fɾeˈdʒys]) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.

Frejus was strategically situated at an important crossroads formed by the Via Julia Augusta (which ran between Italy and the Rhône) and the Via Domitia[dubious – discuss].

[8] Subsequently, under Tiberius, the major monuments and amenities still visible today were constructed: the amphitheatre, the aqueduct, the lighthouse, the baths and the theatre.

In 40 AD Gnaeus Julius Agricola, who later completed the Roman conquest of Britain, was born in Forum Julii.

The 4th century saw the creation of the Diocese of Fréjus, France's second largest after that of Lyon; the building of the first church is attested in 374 with the election of a bishop.

In addition the old town is home to many other impressive remains, city walls, the two gates (of Rome, of Reyran), the square of Agricola with the gate of the Gauls, an exedra and the platform with a cistern on the Butte Saint-Antoine, the paving of the via Aurelia which passed through the city, the remains of the ancient harbour with the remains of the north quay, the lighthouse and quay of Augustus, a mosaic floor of fighting cocks in a private property, the sewers under the present rue Jean Jaures, the baptistry in Frejus Cathedral dates from the 5th century AD and columns there are from Roman buildings.

[12] A probable military or naval camp was excavated at Aiguières, Villeneuve[13] near the ancient shore line and associated with the nearby baths,[14] and also a 4th-century mausoleum at rue de La Tourrache.

Roman road bridges still exist at Cantonniers and at Esclapes (with three arches), a fulling mill at Arsenal, and a necropolis in Sainte-Brigitte and fishponds on the coast at Saint-Aygulf.

[15] An archaeological campaign in July 2005[16] revealed a portion of ancient rocky coast which showed it was almost one kilometre further inland than current estimates.

In the middle of the 1st century AD at the time of the creation of Forum Iulii, this coastline was a narrow band of approximately 100m wide at the south of the Butte Saint-Antoine.

Sea-borne silt clogged up the port and led to the formation of a huge swampy plain, which then separated the village from the sea.

[citation needed] Napoleon landed at Fréjus on 9 October 1799, returning from Egypt in order to ostensibly defend the French Directory in Paris.

[citation needed] The Fréjus railway station offers connections to Saint-Raphaël, Les Arcs and Cannes and a few other regional destinations.