Burdigala

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Burdigala was the ancient Roman-era city in Gaul that later became modern-day Bordeaux, an important commercial and cultural center.

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Label Occurrences
Burdigala canonical 4

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman city
ancient city
former populated place
settlement in Gaul
countrySuccessor France
declinedInCentury 4th century CE
late 3rd century CE
flourishedInCentury 1st century CE
2nd century CE
3rd century CE
hasArchaeologicalEvidence remains of Roman walls in Bordeaux
remains of amphitheatre Palais Gallien
hasArchaeologicalSite Roman remains in Bordeaux
hasFeature amphitheatre
city walls
forum
harbor installations
public baths
temples
hasLanguage Latin
hasNotableResident Ausonius
Paulinus of Nola
hasPreRomanPeople Bituriges Vivisci
hasRomanRoadConnection Via leading to Lugdunum (Lyon)
Via leading to Mediolanum Santonum (Saintes)
Via leading to Tolosa (Toulouse)
knownFor cultural life in late antiquity
maritime trade
river port
wine trade
locatedIn Aquitania II
surface form: Aquitania

Gaul
Roman Empire
modern-day Bordeaux
France
surface form: modern-day France

southwestern Gaul
locatedNear Atlantic Ocean
locatedOn Garonne
surface form: Garonne River
modernName Bordeaux
modernSuccessor Bordeaux
surface form: City of Bordeaux
partOf Gallia Aquitania
surface form: Roman province of Gallia Aquitania

civitas Biturigensium Viviscorum
religion Roman paganism
early Christianity
servedAs administrative center of Aquitania
capital of Gallia Aquitania
commercial center in Roman Gaul
port city
timePeriod Roman Empire
Roman Republic

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Gaul majorCity Burdigala
Augustoritum connectedTo Burdigala
Gallia Aquitania capital Burdigala
Gallia Aquitania containsCity Burdigala