Gallia Romana
Notice
| City | Chalon-sur-Saône (Saône-et-Loire, 71) |
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| Resource type | Printed book |
| Date | 1640 |
| Inscription | |
| References | Ladone 1640, p. 134 |
| Bibliography | Papillon 1742, I, pp. 364-365 ; Rebourg 1994-1, pp. 133-134 ; Lemerle 2005, p. 116 |
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Transcription
Papillon 1742, I, pp. 364-365 ; Rebourg 1994-1, pp. 133-134 ; Lemerle 2005, p. 116
The work published by Ladone is an annotated poem on the subject of Autun’s antiquities. In the 16th century, the town was still partly surrounded by the old city walls, of uncertain date
« C. TRIPLICEMQVE IN MOENIBUS ORBEM. Cabilonis oppidi antiqua mnia triplici circulo lateritio insignita etiamnunc cernimus, quemquidem circulum olim inauratum, ab eoque vetus nomen Orbandale, ipsi oppido impositum fuisse fabulantur incolæ »