cathedral of Clermont-Ferrand stands today. Somewhere in the area around Nemossos, the Arverni chieftain Vercingetorix (later to head a unified Gallic resistance...

disputed site of the Battle of Gergovia, where, near the Arverni oppidum of Nemossos (a sacred wood, in Gaulish), the Arverni and other Gallic tribes gathered...

Clermont-Ferrand, France. 1st C. BCE – Augustonemetum founded at near Nemossos, the ancient capital of the Arverni 2nd C. CE – Augustonemetum has grown...

at the Battle of Gergovia. He was probably born either in Gergovie or Nemossos (nowadays part of Clermont-Ferrand). Avitus, Western Roman Emperor from...