GALLIA ROMANA

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

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Ville	Vienne (Isère, 38)
Subject(s)	Temple of Augustus and Livia

Author(s)	Du Rivail, Aymar
	Jurisconsult and historian from the Dauphiné province (c. 1490-c. 1560)
Resource type	Manuscript
Date	1535
Inscription
References	Du Rivail 6014, I, ff. 8-8v°= Terrebasse 1844, p. 13-14
Bibliography	DLF XVI^e siècle, p. 446 ; Terrebasse 1844 ; Macé 1852 ; Pelletier 1982, pp. 446-452 ; Lemerle 2003, pp. 10-14 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 58, 95-96
Remarks

Transcription « Et in eadem urbe Vienna jus universis Allobrogibus reddebatur, nam ibi prætorium erat, opus sane mirabile, patens ex omni latere, solo remanente tribunalis loco undique clauso, et ex omni parte prætorii tectum magnis columnis, tribus pedibus inter se distantibus sustinebatur ; idemque tectum erat magna lapidum congeries, et grossiores extra alios [8v°] eminebant ; basim autem grossissimi lapides conficiebant. […] Et adhuc hujusce antiquitatis vestigia in ipso prætorio Viennensi apparent, et in ædem sacram quæ nunc templum Divæ Mariæ Veteris appellatur hoc opus clausis muro mediis columnarum intervallis conversum fuit » = “In this town of Vienne, where the Allobroges surrendered, there was a court of justice, an admirably sane edifice, being open on all sides, with the exception of the tribunal, the sole enclosed part. This court was supported on all sides by tall columns, placed with intervals of three feet between them. The roof was constructed with large stones, the largest of which stood out with respect to the others. The base was likewise constructed with very large stones. […] Still today, the ancient remains of this court of justice can be seen in Vienne; it has been converted into a church called 'Saint Marie-la-Vieille' and the intervals between the columns have been walled up.”