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The oppidum is 3 kilometers southwest of Lisieux, occupying a plateau delineated by the Vie and Touques rivers. [A 1] It is noteworthy that two streams originate within the confines of the oppidum. [1] The site's natural protection is evident on its southwest, south, and north sides. [C 1] The oppidum offers a view of an ancient road leading to ...
Oppidum is a Latin word meaning 'defended (fortified) administrative centre or town', originally used in reference to non-Roman towns as well as provincial towns under Roman control. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The word is derived from the earlier Latin ob-pedum , 'enclosed space', possibly from the Proto-Indo-European * pedóm- , 'occupied space' or ...
Alès lies 40 kilometres (25 miles) north-northwest of Nîmes, on the left bank of the river Gardon d'Alès, which half surrounds it.It is located at the foot of the Cévennes, near the Cévennes National Park.
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The paved road at the heart of the oppidum was laid around 100 BC. Between the oppidum and the river was a staging post on the Via Domitia. That, and the Pont Ambroix were constructed in around 30 BC. The flow patterns of the river changed around 10 BC; it became more aggressive and flooding became more frequent.
The Châteliers oppidum (or Châtelliers) is a French archaeological site located in Amboise, in the Indre-et-Loire department, in the Centre-Val de Loire region. The site is strategically situated on a limestone spur approximately 50 meters above the confluence of the Loire and one of its tributaries, the Amasse [ fr ] .
An ancient Latin translation made by Lucius Septimius of a lost Greek original. [114] 1470 [115]-1475 [116] Nonius Marcellus, De compendiosa doctrina [115] Georgius Lauer [116] Rome [115] Edited by Julius Pomponius Laetus. An undated edition, the year of print is much debated: often attributed to c. 1470, it has been countered that the printing ...
The settlement's assumed name is probably Oppidum Ubiorum (Settlement of the Ubii). The Roman epoch of the history of the city of Cologne begins with this oppidum. Map of the Roman province of Germania under Augustus, showing Colonia. During the rule of Augustus (30 BC to AD 14), the Ara Ubiorum (Altar of the Ubii) was constructed within the ...