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SAINT-THIBERY (Town) FRANCE
Cessero (Saint-Thibery) Herault, France.
Situated on the right bank of the Herault ca. 10 km from the mouth of the river,
this settlement owed its prosperity chiefly to the fact that it stood at a crossroads.
From the 7th to the 1st c. B.C. it was a simple oppidum built on a level stretch
of basalt overlooking the river, which was crossed here by the road to Spain.
After the Roman conquest a road station was set up at the foot of the hill on
the same road, now rebuilt by Domitian at the point where, according to Ptolemy
(55.10.6), it was met by another road leading to Lodeve (Luteva) and Rodez (Segodunum).
Mentioned in the Peutinger Table, the road itineraries, and the Apollinarian traveling
cups, the mansio probably became an important center; Pliny ranks it among the
oppida Latina.
Sporadic excavations on the oppidum summit (100 m each side) have
revealed the remains of a rampart of medium-sized stones, a short section of which
shows Greek influence, and some huts of dry stone that can be dated by Ionian
and Attic imported wares. The post continued to be occupied after the creation
of the statio. This latter is probably covered by the present-day settlement and
no conclusive traces of it have yet been found. The path of the Via Domitia, at
least, has been clearly established: the road crossed the Herault downstream from
Saint-Thibery at the point where a mediaeval bridge with a flattened arch, once
thought to be Roman, stands today.
Y. Solier, 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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