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FEURS (Town) LOIRE
Forum Segusiavorum (Feurs) Loire, France.
Chief city of the Segusiavi, between Saint-Etienne and Roanne. The city is mentioned
by Ptolemy (Geog. 4.8). Several Celtic oppida have been located in the region,
at La Cret-Chatelard, Essalois, Le Chatelard de Chazi. Situated in the center
of the Forez plain, Forum Segusiavorum became an important market in Roman times,
lying as it did at the junction of roads from Lugdunum to Rodumna and Augustodunum,
from Lugdunum to Burdigala, and from Lugdunum to Tolosa.
The city extended along the Loire from N to S, between the river to
the W and a Roman cemetery to the E that lies left of the road running from La
Boaterie to the railroad. In the La Boaterie district traces of a building (temple?)
have been found, and 12 granite pedestals arranged in two rows. To the E of these
were the remains of a rectangular building (25 x 11.5 m) with a double portico
in front and a smaller building to N and S.
Under the church are the ruins of a Roman building that may be connected
with an inscription built into the chevet, honoring the Numen Aug[usti] and the
god Silvanus and made by the corporation of carpenters, the fabri tignuar[ii].
The city had a theater, as yet undiscovered; an inscription (CIL XIII,
1642) mentions that under Claudius the wooden structure was replaced by one of
masonry. In the N sector of the city there were probably some baths. Several sections
of aqueducts have been found.
The local museum has inscriptions, pottery, and statues. There are
also some finds at the Musee de la Diana at Montbrison.
M. Leglay, 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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