Cenabum

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Cenabum was an important ancient Gallic city and trading center of the Carnutes, located on the Loire River where the modern French city of Orléans now stands.

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Cenabum canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gallic settlement
ancient city
approximateLocationCoordinates 47.9°N 1.9°E
archaeologicalStatus partly buried under modern Orléans
attestedBy Julius Caesar NERFINISHED
attestedInSource Commentarii de Bello Gallico NERFINISHED
connectedTo Burdigala NERFINISHED
Lugdunum NERFINISHED
Narbo Martius NERFINISHED
countryInAntiquity Roman Gaul NERFINISHED
destroyedBy Julius Caesar NERFINISHED
destroyedDuring Gallic Wars NERFINISHED
destroyedInYear 52 BC
economicActivity river transport services
trade in agricultural products
function river port
trading center
historicalEvent destruction by Julius Caesar in 52 BC
massacre of Roman merchants by the Carnutes
inhabitedBy Carnutes NERFINISHED
knownFor commerce on the Loire River
grain trade
languageSpoken Gaulish
laterLanguageSpoken Latin
locatedIn territory of the Carnutes
locatedInAncientRegion Gaul NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Orléans NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDayCountry France NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Centre-Val de Loire NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Loire River NERFINISHED
modernName Orléans NERFINISHED
partOf Carnutes territory
partOfTradeNetwork Atlantic–Mediterranean trade routes
Loire River trade routes
politicalStatusAfterConquest Romanized town
predecessorOf medieval city of Orléans
regionRelativeToParis southwest of Paris
religionPracticed Celtic polytheism
riverRole Loire River crossing point
strategicImportance control of Loire River crossing
link between northern and southern Gaul
successorSettlement Aurelianum NERFINISHED
Orléans NERFINISHED
timePeriod Iron Age
Roman Republic era
urbanType oppidum

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Gallia Lugdunensis majorCity Cenabum