GALLIA ROMANA

Bernard 1859, pp. 1-14 ; Lemerle 2003, pp. 17-20 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 32-33, 95 ; Roumégoux 2009, pp. 215-230

The remains described here are possibly those of the monumental complex located west of the theatre

« Idem [Pontanus] etiam murum, qui templum Dianæ fuisse creditur, Martis & Herculis templorum reliquias esse conjectat, ex loco Flori, cum ait : ‘Quo loco Isara et Rhodanus fluvii confluunt prope Cemmenum montem Q. Fabius Maxim. 30 millium non integrorum exercitum instructus 200 millia Gallorum concidit, ibique trophæum [263] statuit ex albo lapide, ac duo templa unum Martis alterum Herculis. Hæc Isacius. Ego valde metuo ne loci situs contradicat ipsius conjecturæ. »
= “These walls, believed to be those of a temple dedicated to Diana, Pontanus considers to be the remnants of temples dedicated Mars and Hercules. He bases his conjecture on the following passage from Florus: 'In this place where the Isere River and the Rhone River run into each other, near the Cevennes mountains, Q. Fabius Maximus, leading an army of 30 thousand wounded but well trained men, defeated a Gaulish army of 200 thousand. Here erected here a memorial made of white stone, as well as two temples, one dedicated to Mars, the other to Hercules'. This is what Isaac [Pontanus] believes. I am however very much afraid that the layout of site contradicts this conjecture.”