🏛️ Caesarodunum-Limonum
Roman settlement remains in central France
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Limoges, Haute-Vienne department, central France
- Period: Founded 1st century CE; occupied through late antiquity
- Status: Archaeological site with scattered remains; partially preserved underground
- Modern context: Limoges developed atop and around the Roman settlement
Caesarodunum was the Roman name for the settlement that became modern Limoges. Established in the 1st century CE, likely under Emperor Augustus or his successors, it served as an administrative and commercial centre in the province of Aquitania. The site represents a typical pattern of Roman urbanisation in Gaul, where new settlements or existing oppida were formalised with Latin nomenclature and urban infrastructure ...