🏛️ Cabilonum-Castrum Divionense
Roman fort and settlement ruins near Dijon, Burgundy
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in eastern France, approximately 15 km northeast of Dijon
- Roman military fortification established in the 1st century CE along the Ouche River
- Part of the Upper Germanic limes (frontier defense system)
- Site remains largely archaeological with minimal visible structures above ground
Cabilonum-Castrum Divionense was a Roman auxiliary fort and civilian settlement established during the early Imperial period in what is now Burgundy. The site served as a strategic military outpost along the Rhine frontier zone, guarding communication routes and controlling movement across the Ouche River. Archaeological evidence indicates the fort was inhabited from approximately the 1st to 3rd centuries CE before being abandoned as imperial borders shifted ...