• their central oppidum, Noviodunum (Pommiers). Roussel 1999, p. 129. Pichon 2002, p. 81. Pichon, Blaise (2002). Carte archéologique de la Gaule: 02. Aisne...
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    became the oppidum of Pommiers, generally identified with the fortress of Noviodunum (Gaulish: 'new fortress') mentioned by Caesar. Pommiers was progressively...
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    of the Suessiones, arriving before their main oppidum, Noviodunum (near present-day Soissons and Pommiers). The city was besieged, but their king Galba...
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    history goes back at least 35,000 years, to the Upper Paleolithic. An oppidum was built on the hill overlooking the present-day city in Gaulish times...
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    Southern Gauls Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine The Gauls in Provence: the Oppidum of Entremont Archived 2016-04-02 at the Wayback Machine...
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    Alès. Originally Ucetia or Eutica in Latin, Uzès was a small Gallo-Roman oppidum, or administrative settlement. The town lies at the source of the Alzon...
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    during the Bronze Age. The hill of Mt. Cavalier was the site of the early oppidum which gave birth to the city. During the third and 2nd centuries BCE a...
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    Catholic buildings, make tourism an important part of the town's economy. The oppidum of the Allobroges became a Roman colony about 47 BC under Julius Caesar...
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    city was founded by the Romans, in the Augustean period, to replace the oppidum of Vermand (11 km away) as the capital of Viromandui (Celtic Belgian people...
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    Hérault (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Cazouls-lès-Béziers festival : Festival Piano Prestige, artistic director Jean-Bernard Pommier Pézenas festivals : Printival Boby Lapointe, Mirondela dels Arts Sète festivals :...
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  • historiques". Ministère de la Culture. "Liste des monuments pour lesquels des secours ont été demandés" (PDF). Ministère de la culture. Choay, Françoise...
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    prominent hill is the Rock of Gachone, which was the site of an important oppidum, or a fortified town, under the Romans. The natural vegetation is classic...
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    Noyelle-Vion (category Communes of Pas-de-Calais)
    war memorial. A feudal motte and earthworks of a pre-Roman oppidum. Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires"...
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    millennium. There are still traces on the Larina site north of the commune (an oppidum then a Merovingian camp). The first known text on Annoisin was regarding...
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    up to the river Vidourle. Nearby are the excavations of the Gallo-Roman oppidum Ambrussum with a single arch of a Roman bridge over the river Vidourle...
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