Augustoritum

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Augustoritum was the ancient Roman city that later became modern-day Limoges in central France.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Augustonemetum 2
Augustoritum canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman settlement in Gaul
ancient Roman city
archaeologicalRemains amphitheatre remains in Limoges
remains of Roman bridge
remains of baths
remains of houses
archaeologicalSite Limoges
surface form: Limoges city center
connectedTo Burdigala
Lemonum
Lugdunum
country Roman Empire
crossedBy Vienne River
declinedInCentury Late Antiquity
developedInCentury 1st century AD
foundedInCentury 1st century BC
function administrative center
civic center
commercial center
hasFeature orthogonal street grid
public monuments
river crossing
hasInfrastructure Roman bridge over the Vienne
amphitheatre
aqueducts
forum
public baths
road network
temples
hasNameEtymology possibly derived from emperor Augustus
suffix -ritum indicating ford or crossing
languageUsed Latin
laterChristianization Late Roman period
locatedIn Roman province of Aquitania
central France
modern-day city of Limoges
locatedOn important crossing of the Vienne River
modernLocation Haute-Vienne department
Limoges
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
surface form: Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
partOf Roman road network in Gaul
predecessorOf Limoges
presentIn Gallo-Roman archaeological record of France
regionInAntiquity Aquitania
religion Roman polytheism
timePeriod Roman Empire
Roman Republic
urbanType planned Roman town

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Limoges romanName Augustoritum
Gallia Aquitania capital Augustoritum
this entity surface form: Augustonemetum
Gallia Aquitania containsCity Augustoritum
this entity surface form: Augustonemetum