Lugdunum
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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.
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
- 43 BC
- Ancient site.epochs
- Roman Republic to Roman Empire
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- Image
- Roman theatre in Lyon.jpg
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- Lugdunum
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- 0043-00-00
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- Camilo Mayr
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12 sectionsContents
- 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
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
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.
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