🏛️ Augustodunum-Cabilonnum
Dual Roman settlement site in Burgundy, France
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Near Autun and Chalon-sur-Saône, Burgundy region, eastern France
- Roman period: Founded 1st century CE; occupied through late antiquity
- Augustodunum: Chief city of the Aedui tribe after Roman conquest
- Cabilonnum: Major river port on the Saône River, commercial hub
Augustodunum-Cabilonnum represents two interconnected Roman urban centers in what is now Burgundy, France. Augustodunum (modern Autun) was established as the administrative capital of the Aedui after their subjugation by Caesar, while Cabilonnum (Chalon-sur-Saône) functioned as a crucial commercial and military center controlling river trade on the Saône. Together, these settlements were essential to Roman control of central Gaul and continued to serve important roles through the late Roman ...