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ΩΞΕΡ (Πόλη) ΒΟΥΡΓΟΥΝΔΙΑ
Autessiodurum (Auxerre) Yonne, France.
Located next to the Yonne on its left bank, the ancient town seems to have had
little importance. Julius Caesar makes no mention of it in his Commentaries. Autessioduruin
grew only after the Conquest. Owing to its location it became a sort of crossroads
where important roads met: from Sens and Lutetia, from Augustodunum (Autun; the
road of Agrippa), from Interannum (Entrains), from Augustobona (Troyes). The town
seems first to have been located along the sides of the channel of the Vallan
and the Yonne. The substructure of a temple dedicated to Apollo has been found
in the vicinity of the Fontaine Ronde. A statue of a horseman has been found nearer
the Yonne, as well as a column and a capital on which Mercury, Mars, and Apollo
can be recognized. Finally, two flat silver dishes (found in 1830) attest that
Autessioduruin was a municipality. Since the town continued to grow on the same
site, the upper part of the Gallo-Roman remains have disappeared. The real Gallo-Roman
city was located on a hill dominating the Yonne.
The substructures of a rampart furnished with towers have been found
at that spot. It is still poorly dated (end of the 3d or beginning of the 4th
c.). It is a thick and extremely resistant construction. In general it stands
on architectural or carved blocks, some of which date to the 3d c.: pieces of
stelae with pictures of individuals or decorative fragments of large size. All
of the Gallo-Roman remains are on view at the museum in Saint-Germain abbey.
R. Kapps, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Feb 2006 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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