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Burdigala

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Apr 14, 2020 10:27 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement

Burdigala (modern Bordeaux) was a Celtic center of the Bituriges Vivisci. The Romans lost a battle at the site in 107 BC, with consul Lucius Cassius Longinus being killed in the action. Rome eventually controlled the area ca. 60 BC.

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Base map by Ryan M. Horne for Pleiades and the Ancient World Mapping Center (ancient terrain after the Barrington Atlas). Map interaction design and implementation by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, and Tom Elliott for Pleiades.

Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/138248

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
44.837205, -0.576533

Locations:

DARMC location 11859 (30 BC - AD 640)

Names:

Bordeaux (modern)
Burdigala (30 BC - AD 640)
Burdigalenses (30 BC - AD 640)

Burdigala makes connections with:

Burdigala connection Ab Asturica Burdigalam (unspecified date range)
Burdigala part of (administrative) Bituriges Vivisci (30 BC - AD 300)
Burdigala connection Untitled (unspecified date range)
Burdigala connection Via Aquitania (unspecified date range)

Burdigala receives connections from:

Roman amphitheater at Burdigala at Burdigala (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement

References:

Evidence:

TP 1B1 (Talbert 697)

See Further:

See Also:

Related:

TM GEO ID 22864

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 14 E4 Burdigala

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Bordeaux

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Suggested citation:
H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Burdigala: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/138248> [accessed: 18 September 2020]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/138248 |title=Places: 138248 (Burdigala) |author=Sivan, H., R. Mathisen |accessdate=September 18, 2020 4:05 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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