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Aug 9, 2023 · Rome in 193 AD. Lugdunum occurred at the end of the greatest and most peaceful century in Rome’s long history. The emperors from Nerva to Marcus Aurelius (97-180 AD) were all experienced and popular administrators. Crucially each of them had a clear and decisive say in who their successor would be.
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A Roman colony was founded in 43 B.C. (Tac. Hist . 1.65.2). In 12 B.C. it became the seat of the provincial concilium of the 60 Gallic civitates and the federal center of the imperial cult. Seneca ( Ep. 91) calls it “maxima et ornamentum trium provinciarum.”
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The town obtained first Latin, then colonial status. It was ravaged by the Germanic invasions and was destroyed in 585 by the Franks of Gontran. Lugdunum commands the valley of the Garonne as it emerges from the Pyrenees.
Early History. Lugus on a relief from Reims. In the area of what is now called Lyon, two Celtic settlements, probably inhabited by the tribe of the Segusiavi, have been identified, which date back to the La Tène period (e.g. after 450 BCE). The first of these was an oppidum on the west bank of the Saône on a hill called Fourvière.
Nov 14, 2018 · At some point prior to the Augustan reorganization of Gaul in 22 BCE, when the province of Gallia Lugdunensis was created, the city took the name of Lugdunum.
Nov 30, 2022 · Extinctions are a normal part of evolution: they occur naturally and periodically over time. 1 There’s a natural background rate to the timing and frequency of extinctions: 10% of species are lost every million years, 30% every 10 million years, and 65% every 100 million years. 2 It would be wrong to assume that species going extinct is out ...
Aug 9, 2023 · Lugdunum’s location was perfect and was built in 43 BCE on the site of an existing Gallic settlement. The two rivers meeting here allowed the city to thrive and become a major commercial, religious and military center. It would remain so until the fall of Rome. Just as Lyon is multicultural today, so was Lugdunum.
