Gallia Romana
Notice
| City | Narbonne (Aude, 11) |
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| Resource type | Printed book |
| Date | 1606 |
| Inscription | |
| References | Pontanus 1606, Itin., p. 13 ; Append. I, p. 81 |
| Bibliography | Gayraud 1981 ; Dellong 2003 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 32, 84 |
| Remarks | |
Transcription
In order to finish Narbonne’s ramparts, started under Louis XIII, François I had the subsisting Roman remains, which mostly came from the Gallo-Roman necroplis, collected up and used as building material
« Quid rudera narrem
Antiquæ historiæ? Quid templa domosque, quid illa
Aucta auro contra pretiosis mnia saxis?
[ ] [81] De mænibus ergò urbisque passim ruderibus, quod innuit Sidonius, nos quoque in Carmine fide oculatâ retulimus. Innumeri enim cum Inscriptionibus antiquis exteriori murorum orbitæ ità impacti sunt lapîdes, ut eminùs quidem adspici vix tamen adiri aut legi, ob aquæ & fossæ circumductæ profunditatem possint. »