GALLIA ROMANA
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| Ville | Grenoble (Isère, 38) |
| Subject(s) | Roman city gates |
| Author(s) | Barlet, Étienne |
| Lawyer attached to the parliament of Grenoble (15..?-16..?) | |
| Resource type | Manuscript |
| Date | Before 1600 |
| Inscription | |
| References | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. lat. 17728, f. 94 |
| Bibliography | Chatel 1990, pp. 17-24 ; Michel 1999, pp. 53-54, 110-115 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 66, 84 |
| Remarks | The two city gates constructed by Diocletian and Maximian carried identical inscriptions, with the exception of the names of the gates, indicated at the end, which corresponded with the the two emperors' agnomens: 'Jovia' (Jupiter) was Diocletian's agnomen, 'Herculea' (Hercules) was Maximian's. The 'Porte de Traine', illustrated by Barlet, was destroyed in 1591; the 'Porte Viennoise', also represented by Barlet, was demolished at the beginning of the 19th century (1802-1810). A copy of Etienne Barlet's manuscript dating from the early 17th century has been conserved (Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, ms. Lat. 1167) |
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Transcription
« Cujus rei testimonio sunt binæ vrbis Cularonæ portæ vetustissimæ ab iis restitutæ : quarum quæ in Romam vertebat Iovia, et quæ in Gallias per earum metropolim Viennam Herculea dicta est. Quibusque patet Cularonam non Ciuaronam eo pridem tempore Gratianopolim cognominatam : vt inscriptiones in lapidibus repertas rem notariam certamque facere legislatores indicarunt. Aeternaque reprehensione dignus est Lætus, qui has portas Viennæ adrogarit, quæ verius sunt Cularonæ. Quamque Cularonam hisce portis ædificiisque aliquot restauratam Gratianus Imperator adsectatus, nominis sui titulo dotauit : exindèque Gratianopolis dici cœpta, idque nomen hunc in usque diem habuit. » |
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