Gallia Romana

Notice

Ville Lyon (Rhône, 69)
Sujet(s)
Auteur(s)
Support Imprimé
Date 1611
Inscription
Références Coryat 1611, p. 59
Bibliographie

Schutte 1978 ; Lemerle 2005, p. 35-36, 110-111 ; Le Mer/Chomer 2007, p. 558-559

Remarques

Transcription

Schutte 1978 ; Lemerle 2005, p. 35-36, 110-111 ; Le Mer/Chomer 2007, p. 558-559

« Also [sur la colline de Fourvière] there are to be seene the ruines of that huge amphitheatre, wherein those constant seruants of Iesus Christ willingly sufffered many intollerable and bitter tortures for his fake : I call it a huge amphitheatre because it is reported it contained at the least fiftie thousand persons. »