GALLIA ROMANA

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

Ville	Saintes (Charente-Maritime, 17)
Subject(s)	Amphitheatre

Author(s)	Zinzerling, Just
	Dutch scholar (1590-1618)
Resource type	Printed book
Date	1616
Inscription
References	Zinzerling 1616, p. 147
Bibliography	Bernard 1859, pp. 1-14 ; Maurin 1978, pp. 105-109 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 32-33, 102 ; Maurin 2007, p. 249-259
Remarks	Zinzerling stayed in France from 1612 to 1616

Transcription « Antiquitatem urbis, & quòd Romani hîc degere amarint, testantur operum, quæ excitarunt, [124] reliquiæ. 1. Amphitheatri, prope urbem. » = “The ancient origins of the town and the favour bestowed upon it by the Romans are attested by the many ancient remains found here, which include: 1) an the amphitheatre, situated near the town...”