GALLIA ROMANA

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Of Gallo-Roman antiquities (15^th-17^th centuries)

Ville	Saint-Chamas (Bouches-du-Rhône, 13)
Subject(s)	Pont Flavien

Author(s)	Platter, Félix
	Physician from Basel, older brother of Thomas Platter (1536-1614)
Resource type	Manuscript
Date	1555
Inscription
References	Platter A λ III, f. 74= Lötscher 1976, p. 226
Bibliography	Kieffer 1892 ; Lötscher 1976 ; Mesqui 1981, p. 170 ; Le Roy Ladurie 1995 ; Gateau 1996, pp. 281-282 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 28-29, 88
Remarks	The 'Pont Flavien' (1^st century) comprises a single semicircular arch constructed with large stone blocks. Triumphal arches stand at each entrance

Transcription « do aßen wir z°u [° sur u] mittag. Darnach kamen wir in ein flecken s. Chamas, in welchem ein thor ist, 60 schritt dick. » = “We ate at midday, after which we went to the small town of Saint-Chamas, where there is a tower, 60 paces thick.”