Gallia Romana

City	Vers-Pont-du-Gard (Gard, 30)
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Resource type	Printed book
Date	1576
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References	Bèze 1576, « In Pontis triplicis aquæductum... », p. 180
Bibliography	DLF XVIe siècle, pp. 142-143 ; Gardy 1960, pp. 6-7 ; Provost 1999-2, p. 736 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 88-91
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DLF XVI^e siècle, pp. 142-143 ; Gardy 1960, pp. 6-7 ; Provost 1999-2, p. 736 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 88-91

The epigram on the monument was in included in the third edition of the Poemata. The poem met with much success; it was cited by Pontanus, Zinzerling, Gölnitz amongst others.The ‘Pont du Gard’ was probable the most universally admired Gallo-Roman monument

« Montibus impositos cantauit Græcia montes,

Pyramidum ostentat barbara Memphis opus Plus est quod cernis, triplicis coniugere pontis Fornicibus, montes sic potuisse duos. Et plus est (victam quo se Natura fatetur) Imposuisse ipsis flumina fluminibus. Et rursum hoc plus est, contempto laudis honore. Artificem nomen subticuisse suum. Mire opifex, quod tu fecisti, sit licèt ingens, Quod non fecisti, plus ego miror opus. »