GALLIA ROMANA

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

Ville	Périgueux (Dordogne, 24)
Subject(s)	Amphitheatre

Author(s)	Zinzerling, Just
	Dutch scholar (1590-1618)
Resource type	Printed book
Date	1616
Inscription
References	Zinzerling 1616, p. 168
Bibliography	Bernard 1859, pp. 1-14 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 32-33, 106
Remarks	Zinzerling stayed in France from 1612 to 1616

Transcription « Istic etiam sunt Amphitheatri, figura ovali exstructi, rudera. Hodie les Rolphies aut Cacarotá vocant. » = “These ruins are those of an oval-shaped amphitheatre. Today they are known as 'Les Rolphies' or 'Cacarolà'.”