Lugdunum

Also known as Colonia Copia Felix Munatia, Colonia Copia Augusta Lugdunum, Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum

Lugdunum (also spelled Lugudunum, ; modern Lyon, France) was an important Roman city in Gaul, established on the current site of Lyon.

Key facts

Ancient site.name: Lugdunum
Ancient site.native_name: Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum
Ancient site.image: Schéma - Lyon époque romaine - avec nécropoles - voies romaines - constructions - Lugdunum.jpg
Ancient site.caption: Map of the city
Ancient site.map_type: France#France Rhône-Alpes
Ancient site.map_caption: Location within France
Ancient site.location: Lyon, France
Ancient site.region: Gallia Lugdunensis
Ancient site.type: Roman city
Ancient site.area: 200 hectares
Ancient site.builder: Lucius Munatius Plancus
Ancient site.built

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Name
Pre-Roman settlements and the area before the founding of the city
Founding of the Roman city
Attention from the emperors
Growth and prosperity in the first centuries of the Empire
Christianity and the first martyrs
Battle of Lugdunum
Decline of Lugdunum and the Empire
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Lugdunum (also spelled Lugudunum, ; modern Lyon, France) was an important Roman city in Gaul, established on the current site of Lyon.

The Roman city was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus, but continued an existing Gallic settlement with a likely population of several thousands. It served as the capital of the Roman province of Gallia Lugdunensis and was an important city in the western half of the Roman Empire for centuries. Two emperors, Claudius and Caracalla, were born in Lugdunum. In the period AD 69–192 , the city's population may have numbered 50,000 to 100,000, and possibly up to 200,000 inhabitants.