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Lugdunum (also spelled Lugudunum, Latin: [ɫʊɡ(ʊ)ˈduːnʊ̃ː]; [failed verification] 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.
- 200 hectares
- Lyon, France
- 43 BC
- Gallia Lugdunensis
AV Aureus (7.22 gm, 5h). Rome mint. Struck 194 AD. / 45.76; 4.85. The Battle of Lugdunum, also called the Battle of Lyon, was fought on 19 February 197 at Lugdunum (modern Lyon, France ), between the armies of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus and of the Roman usurper Clodius Albinus. Severus' victory finally established him as the sole ...
- 19 February 197
- Severan victory
Aug 9, 2023 · 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. Tthe Roman Empire enjoyed a golden age of peace, prosperity ...
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A Christian community (see christianity) developed early, and in 177 suffered savage and esp. well‐documented persecution. Lugdunum declined from c. 250, as imperial attention was directed increasingly to the Rhine frontier, and its primacy was usurped by Augusta Treverorum. Early Lugdunum occupied the heights west of the confluence of the ...
LUGDUNUM (Lyon) Rhône, France. Federal capital of the Tres Galliae (Lugdunensis, Aquitania, Belgica), at the confluence of the Saône and the Rhône. When Gallic independence came to an end there were two Celtic settlements: an oppidum on the morainal hill of Fourvière (on the right bank of the Arar, mod. Saône) that grew up around the ...
LUGDUNUM CONVENARUM (Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges) Haute-Garonne, France. The oppidum of the Volcae Tectosages was conquered by Pompey in 72 B.C. It became the capital of the civitas of the Convenae, which was successively part of the Provincia, of Aquitania, and of Novempopulania. The town obtained first Latin, then colonial status.
The Battle of Lugdunum, also called the Battle of Lyon, was fought on 19 February 197 at Lugdunum, between the armies of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus and of the Roman usurper Clodius Albinus. Severus' victory finally established him as the sole emperor of the Roman Empire following the Year of the Five Emperors and immediate aftermath.
