Nicolas Bergier

Mentioning by chance his interest in the funding of Roman roads to Conde du Lis, advisor to Louis XIII, he found himself suddenly commanded by the king to undertake a study of all Roman roads.

Five years later he published his Histoire des Grands Chemins de l'Empire Romain,[1] a two-volume work of over 1000 pages.

Edward Gibbon consulted Bergier's work while researching his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

Bergier taught at the Collège des Bons-Enfants and at the Faculty of Law of the University of Rheims.

Bergier worked with Charles du Lys, lawyer, and Nicolas Brulart de Sillery, Chancellor of France.